Jesus - In The Beginning

The Name

     This is the beginning of my several part lesson about Jesus the Messiah.  Before I talk about the birth and dive completely into that we really need to start in the very beginning.  John 1 tells us that in the beginning was the Word.  Jesus has been around since the very beginning of time itself.  However, in order to understand him you need to understand God entirely.  So that is where this topic begins.  Simply put let's talk about the name of God.

     What's amazing about Christianity is the lack of uniqueness about our God.  Now wait do not misquote me about saying God is not unique.  No, He is very much unique compared to everything else.  However, what is so special about a God named God?  Here is a very unique issue.  The truth is that no man really knows the name of God the Father.  Even though the Bible has several names to describe Him, not a single one is really His name.  Why is that?  Well let's take a look at the ten commandments.  You know those simple rules that most people ignore.  What is one of the commandments pertaining to God that would cause His name to be hidden?  It is the commandment that thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.  Here is the interesting part.  Because the Hebrew people were so scared of accidentally taking His name in vain, it was stricken from most records.  Only one man was allowed to know the name of God and that was the high priest.  No longer could a common man like Adam know this information because it was just that sensitive.  So sadly we don't really know His real name.  However, we can come close.  First of all let's start with a name like Jehovah.  Yehovah (as it is spelled in Hebrew) means the existing one or simply Lord.  Now let's go closer and this one is more to His actual name and that is Yahweh.  Yahweh means practically the same as Yehovah.  These two names are really the closest we can come to his name.  The actual name is believed to consist of entirely consonants.  Now let's add Elohim.  This name is different.  Elohim basically put means God.  What's interesting about this name is that it is not singular.  It actually is a plural word.  So Elohim is representative of the Godhead.  So what does this all mean?  This means that our God is not some generic person or being.  He is a unique and deep individual.  What's great about the other names in the old testament is that they describe all the amazing things He does and is.  From now on though, I will refer to Him as Yahweh or Yehovah.

     So why bring up the name of God?  Well because now we can determine the name of Jesus.  Yes, I just stated that Jesus was not his real name.  What does John 14:7 say?  Jesus states that if we know him we know the father.  How about Matt 1:21?  What is the argument here?  Well allow me to ask you a question.  What does Jesus mean?  Look it up I'll wait.  Found it yet?  Well I'll stop you there.  The name Jesus has no meaning.  Wait a minute.  So God the Father who has his real name that has meaning and names that describe His abilities, God the Son has a name with no meaning?  Can this be true?  Look it up.  Many of you will say well Jesus is the English version of the Greek Iesous.  However, even his Greek name means nothing.  Now there are some theories to why this is, I will not dive much into those.  Now why the name Jesus was created I do not know.  However, the name Yeshuah can also be found in the Bible too (or some of its variations).  Yeshuah actually means "Savior" in Hebrew.  What's even better about the name is the presence of "Yah" in it.  "Yah" is a shortened version of the name "Yahweh."  So therefore if we know Yeshuah, we know his father.  Amazing how that works, isn't it?  That is why knowing the name is so significant.  Also, Iesous was not even used until the later part of the first century.  So after the Messiah was called into heaven was this name even used.  This is arguably one of the greatest deceptions in the entire Christian church.

     Now for those of you who will argue my logic on this, I accept it.  I like it when others challenge what they are told.  I challenged it and it lead me here.  Like I said, I am closer to God than I have ever been at this point in my life.  It is that important.  Now to help those further understand.  Why is it that the name Jesus has some power to it?  Simply put it's attributing things to it.  For example, a doll is just a doll right?  Now let's say I add personal things to it and chant a curse over it.  I now have a voodoo doll with lots of power.  So we take the name, Jesus, and attribute it to Yeshuah.  It will have some power to it, however, it will never have the same amount of power that the real name does.  Now I know there are some that will simply say that God will forgive us, or that we'll all find out when we get there.  Don't be deceived by this.  That is a lie the enemy tells us to continue in sin.  Just read what Mark 7:7-8 says:
  "But in vain do they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.  Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men."
"Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:  depart from me, ye that work iniquity."  Matt 7:22-23.
It is that serious.  So knowing who the Messiah is will help us.  In several lessons, I have stated that there were several things that were changed or added.  However, there is good news.  The Bible also provides the answers to debunk those added things.  Now that we know the true name I will stop using Jesus from this point on in my lessons.  So join me next week when I will begin the discussion about the birth of Yeshuah and all the amazing things it entailed.