We know that Mary (Miriam) and Joseph (Yoseph) were Hebrews. They were not Greeks or Romans or any other race. They spoke Hebrew and/or Aramaic. It would have been against Hebrew law to name their child with a Greek name. The name Yahshua means "Yah's Salvation". Again as with the name of Yahuweh, Yahshua’s name has also been pronounced Yeshua, Yehoshua, Yahoshua, Yahushua. Yeshua means Salvation. Yahshua means Yah’s Salvation. Personally, and from what I have been able to research, I use Yahoshua or Yahshua.
Luke 1:31 “And see, you shall conceive in your womb, and shall give birth to a Son, and call His Name Yahshua.”
Matt. 1:21 “And she shall give birth to a Son, and you shall call His Name Yahshua, for He shall save His people from their sins.”
The Angel Gabriel told both Miriam and Yoseph that the child’s Name was to mean Salvation. There is meaning in His Name. The first 3 Hebrew letters for the His Name, read right to left are YodHayVav, the last 2 letters are Sheen and Ayin. The YodHayVav are the
same as the Father’s Name, Yahweh. This is because He would come in the Name of His Father. Now I do not mean to offend anyone, because like you, the name Jesus is the name that I have called Him since I could speak. But the name Jesus does not translate into anything from any language, much less the Hebrew. The name "Jesus" does not translate into Yahweh Saves, or Yahweh's Salvation, or anything else for that matter. No part of "Jesus" has the Father's Name.John 17:11-12 “And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Set-apart Father, guard them in Your Name, which You have given Me, so that they might be one, as We are. “When I was with them in the world, I was guarding them in Your Name which You have given Me, and I watched over them, and not one of them perished except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be filled.
Yahshua has His Father’s name, Yah. The Name of Yahweh is highly exalted and above all others. As stated in last month’s article, the Name of Yahweh is to be praised, honored, used, remembered, etc. etc. Now let’s look at Philippians.
Phil 2:9 Elohim, therefore, has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name,
What about Salvation? By whose Name are we saved?
Act 4:12 “And there is no deliverance (salvation) in anyone else, for there is no other Name under the heaven given among men by which we need to be saved.”
Joel 2:32 “And it shall be that everyone who calls on the Name of Yahweh shall be saved.”
Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth the Master Yahshua and believe in your heart that Elohim has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.”
Romans 10:13 “For ‘everyone who calls on the Name of Yahweh shall be saved”
So if there is “no other Name” by which we are saved then, do we have a contradiction in Scripture? Never!
Remember the Name of Yahweh has been taken out of our Scriptures but if you look in the Aramaic for Romans 10:13 it says that those who call on the Name of Yahuweh shall be saved. How can it be both? Easy! Yahshua has His Father's Name. Because of this, salvation is in both of these Names because the Name is the same.
Psalm 118:26 “Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of Yahweh ! We shall bless you from the House of Yahweh.”
Matt 23:39 “for I say to you, from now on you shall by no means see Me, until you say, ‘Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of Yahweh!’ ”
Mark 11:9 “And those going before and those following cried out, saying, “Hoshia-na! ‘Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of Yahweh!’
Luke 19:38 saying, “ ‘Blessed is the Sovereign who is coming in the Name of Yahweh!’ Peace in heaven and esteem in the highest!”
Yahushua has literally come in His Father's Name as His name begins with YAH!
The leader who led the Children of Israel into the land, Joshua’s actual name in Hebrew is Yahoshua. Moses changed his name from Hoshea to Yahoshua. Yahoshua (Joshua) is a picture of Yahshua., his name was changed by Moses to mean Yah’s Salvation, just as our Savior’s Name.
Now let’s look at Zechariah.
Zechariah 6:11-13 “And you shall take the silver and gold, make a crown, and set it on the head of Yahoshua the son of Yahotsadaq, the high priest, and shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus said Yahweh of hosts, saying, “See, the Man whose name is the Branch! And from His place He shall branch out, and He shall build the Hekal (Temple) of Yahweh “It is He who is going to build the Hekal of Yahweh. It is He who is going to bear the splendor. And He shall sit and rule on His throne, and shall be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between Them both,” ’
This story in Zechariah is a prophecy of Yahshua. He will be our High Priest and our King. This son of the high priest has the same name as our Savior, Yahoshua.
Jeremiah 23:5-6 “See, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I shall raise for David a Branch of righteousness, and a Sovereign shall reign and act wisely, and shall do right-ruling and righteousness in the earth. “In His days Yahudah shall be saved, and Yisra’el dwell safely. And this is His Name whereby He shall be called: ‘Yahweh our Righteousness.’
Yahshua is called Yahweh our Righteousness! He is called Yahweh because He has His Father’s Name! When Yahshua died Pilate had a sign placed over His head. What Pilate wrote angered the chief priests of the Jews. They wanted him to change it. What was written was: “Yahshua of Natsareth, the sovereign of the Yahudim.” In Hebrew it would have been said like this: Yahshua Hanazri Vemelech HaYaudim. YHVH. Not only did it bother them that it said He was the Sovereign of the Yahudim but seeing YHVH’s Name must have made them afraid.
John 5:43 “I have come in My Father’s Name and you do not receive Me, if another comes in his own name, him you would receive.
With the Temple destroyed, during the Babylonian exile, and the prohibition on pronouncing The Name outside of the Temple, pronunciation of the Name fell into disuse. Scholars passed down knowledge of the correct pronunciation of YHVH for many generations. The Mazoretic text, which have added vowel points, have caused “Yah” to be said as “Yeh”. Original Hebrew has no vowel points. They used these vowel points to hide Yahweh’s Name, so that no one would say it. This comes from the oral torah/talmud. This is wrong teaching, which is what the Pharisees and scribes, or rabbinic Judaism have done. The name Judah is even wrongly spoken, as the real name is Yahudah, which scripturally means “Praise Yahweh”.
Genesis 29:35 “And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I praise Yahweh.” So she called his name Yahudah. And she ceased bearing.”
So is it important to use His real Name? There is a store I used to shop at in Gresham, OR called Fred Meyers. It’s the HEB of Oregon and Washington. Anyways, there’s a certain cashier who every time he sees me says, “Hi Tracy”, “How’s it going, Tracy?”, “How are you Tracy?” You get the idea! For some strange reason he thinks my name is Tracy! Now I can’t verify this, but I have never met a Latina named “TRACY”! So what do I say? “Oh Hi”, “Going good”, “I’m fine”. I have yet to correct him! Ok, so call me a wimp!
But my point is this, he calls be by a wrong name. It’s because he doesn’t really know my name even though he thinks he does. If however, I were to correct him and say, “My real name is Saya” what should his response be? I would think he would apologize, feel a little silly, and then from that day on use my real name. But what would happen if he said to me, “Oh, well, I’ve called you Tracy for years now and so to me you are Tracy!” or “Well, I like Tracy better, so I will call you that.” or “I don’t really care if it’s not your real name, you have always been Tracy to me and that’s what I will still call you!” or, “Well, I don’t speak Spanish or Hebrew so I’ll call you my English version of what I think your name should be.” If this was his answer to me I think I would have the right to be upset, even angry! I would feel as if he didn’t really care about me or about what I thought or felt about my own name. It would be downright disrespectful to me as a person!
Using YAHshua's true Name brings honor to the Him and to the Name of YAHweh the Father. Their divine memorial-names are from eternity's threshold yet have been hidden for centuries under the doctrines and traditions of men. At the close of this age, Their sacred and awesome names are once again being revealed, honored, and restored to a place of pre-eminence.We know that the Father and Son are One. They are One in everything, including their Names.
Psalm 68:4 Sing to Elohim, sing praises to His Name. Raise up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts, By His Name Yah, And exult before Him.
Prov. 30:4 Who has gone up to the heavens and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who established all the ends of the earth? What is His Name, And what is His Son’s Name, If you know it?
Next month’s article will be about the Fall Festivals, or Feasts of Yahweh. The Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah), The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), and The Last Great Day (Shemini Azeret) . Blessings and Shalom.
