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A Comparison of the Covenants, Part II
Is His Name Yeshua-Yahshua-Yahshua?
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THE JESUIT OATH
There is now a new Roman Catholic
Pope ensconced on the seat of the Pontifex Maximus. He is the first ever Jesuit priest to serve in that office.
I_______________ , now in the
presence of Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed St. John the
Baptist, the Holy Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, and all the saints, sacred
host of Heaven, and to you, my Ghostly Father, the superior general of the
Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, in the pontification of Paul
the Third, and continued to the present, do by the womb of the Virgin, the
matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ, declare and swear that His Holiness,
the Pope, is Christ's Vice-Regent and is the true and only head of the Catholic
or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by the virtue of the keys of
binding and loosing given to His Holiness by my Saviour, Jesus Christ, he hath
power to depose heretical Kings, Princes, States, Commonwealths, and
Governments, and they may be safely destroyed. Therefore to the
utmost of my power I will defend this doctrine and His Holiness's right and
custom against all usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatever,
especially the Lutheran Church of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway,
and the now pretended authority and Churches of England and Scotland, and the
branches of same now established in Ireland and
on the continent of America and elsewhere and all adherents in regard that they may be usurped and
heretical, opposing the sacred Mother Church of Rome. I do now denounce and disown any allegiance as due
to any heretical king, prince or State, named Protestant or Liberal, or
obedience to any of their laws, magistrates or officers. I do further declare
the doctrine of the Churches of England and Scotland of the Calvinists,
Huguenots, and others of the name of Protestants or Masons to be damnable, and
they themselves to be damned who will not forsake the same. I do further declare
that I will help, assist, and advise all or any of His Holiness's agents, in any
place where I should be, in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Ireland or America, or in any other kingdom or territory I shall come
to, and do my utmost to extirpate the heretical Protestant or Masonic doctrines
and to destroy all their pretended powers, legal or otherwise. I do further promise and declare that,
notwithstanding, I am dispensed with to assume any religion heretical for the
propagation of the Mother Church's interest; to keep secret and private all her
agents' counsels from time to time, as they entrust me, and not to divulge,
directly or indirectly, by word, writing or circumstances whatever; but to
execute all that should be proposed, given in charge, or discovered unto me by
you, my Ghostly Father, or any of this sacred order. I do further promise and
declare that I will have no opinion or will of my own or any mental reservation
whatever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perinde ac cadaver), but will unhesitatingly obey each and every command
that I may receive from my superiors in the militia of the Pope and of Jesus
Christ. That I
will go to any part of the world whithersoever I may be sent, to the frozen
regions north, jungles of India, to the centres of civilisation of Europe, or to
the wild haunts of the barbarous
savages of America without murmuring or repining, and will be submissive in all things,
whatsoever is communicated to me. I do
further promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and
wage relentless war, secretly and openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Masons, as I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the
face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex nor condition,
and that will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle, and bury alive these
infamous heretics; rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women, and crush their
infants' heads against the walls in order to annihilate their execrable race. That when the same
cannot be done openly I will secretly use the poisonous cup, the strangulation
cord, the steel of the poniard, or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honour,
rank, dignity or authority of the persons, whatever may be their condition in
life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any
agents of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Father of the
Society of Jesus. In confirmation of which I hereby dedicate my life, soul, and
all corporal powers, and with the dagger which I now receive I will subscribe my
name written in my blood in testimony thereof; and should I prove false, or
weaken in my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the militia
of the Pope cut off my hands and feet and my throat from ear to ear, my belly be
opened and sulphur burned therein with all the punishment that can be inflicted
upon me on earth, and my soul shall be tortured by demons in eternal hell
forever. That I will in voting always vote for a Knight of Columbus in
preference to a Protestant, especially a Mason, and that I will leave my party
so to do; that if two Catholics are on the ticket I will satisfy myself which is
the better supporter of Mother Church and vote accordingly. That I will not deal
with or employ a Protestant if in my power to deal with or employ a Catholic.
That I will place Catholic girls in Protestant families that a weekly report may
be made of the inner movements of the heretics. That I will provide myself with
arms and ammunition that I may be in readiness when the word is passed, or I am
commanded to defend the Church either as an individual or with the militia of
the Pope. All of which I,_______________, do swear by the blessed Trinity and
blessed sacrament which I am now to receive to perform and on part to keep this
my oath. In testimony hereof, I take this most holy and blessed sacrament of the
Eucharist and witness the same further with my name written with the point of
this dagger dipped in my own blood and seal in the face of this holy sacrament.
A word to the wise….Nancy Pelosi, Joseph Biden, John Boehner, etc. are all
Roman Catholic. Are they working underhandedly to overthrow the United States?
Remember that this country was founded on Protestant and Masonic principles.
This means that the Jesuits are at war with America and will even enter into
other faiths and movements in order to accomplish their goals to overthrow any
open resistance, and rebellion against the Pope. This oath certainly isn’t of
the spirit of Yahshua, it is the spirit of the serpent and the beast power. Get
ready for more instability here and throughout the world.
JH
Identity
theft has become rampant in the United States and throughout the world. So many,
many people have become victims of this phenomenon which can ruin one's
reputation, credit rating, even clean out one's bank account, savings,
retirement, etc.
Identity theft can happen in so many ways. If we make a purchase from the
internet, there are spy programs that can steal credit card numbers. There are
now devices that a thief can have which can read one's credit card numbers
straight from their billfold, purse, etc.
There are other devices that a criminal can attach to an ATM machine which
can read one's bank account number, pin number, and the like. Result: One's bank
or savings account is wiped out.
Even the IRS enables the thieves by failing to protect one's Social Security
number when filing taxes electronically. There are thieves, and hackers that can
hack into so many so-called protected archives these days, that even the
Pentagon can be penetrated.
But many thieves will steal one's name, Social Security number, credit card
numbers, and make thousands of dollars of purchases before being detected. This
author had a thief who stole a debit card number and began to make purchases in
various parts of the country. I detected the illegal activity quickly because I
have the ability to get on the internet and check out my various accounts. Some
establishments had already suspected the fraudulent thief and denied purchases,
but others, desiring to increase their business sales, accepted it and sent the
merchandise to the thief, even though they also had suspicions. At any rate, it
was detected early and all problems were solved quickly. But this is not the
case with many victims.
LifeLock Inc. is an American
identity
theft protection company based in Tempe, Arizona. The company
offers the LifeLock identity theft protection system - intended to detect
fraudulent applications for various credit and non-credit related services.
Lifelock provides a $1 million guarantee in the event of identity theft. (Wikipedia)
Here is what Dennis Prager wrote about Identity theft:
The rape of a name can be as vicious a crime and as destructive an act as
the rape of a body. Sometimes the rape of a body is worse, sometimes the rape of
a name is worse. But they are both rapes. And morally likening the two is in no
way meant to lessen the horror of rape; it is meant only to heighten awareness
of the horror of intentionally destroying the name of an innocent person.
These words are written in the aftermath of the destruction of three young
men's names by a lying woman whose name is still hidden by The New York Times
and other major newspapers whose commitment to truth is not as strong as their
commitment to political correctness.
Upon first hearing a comparison of name-rape to body-rape, most people are
likely to recoil. But upon reflection, it becomes clear that the two are morally
comparable. In fact, I have had women listeners to my radio show call and e-mail
me to say that they have been raped — one woman had been gang raped — and
felt they were better able to go on with their lives than men they loved who had
been falsely accused of rape or molestation.
If you are a woman and this seems far-fetched, imagine that a man you love
— such as your father, brother, husband or son — were publicly accused of a
rape he had not committed. Imagine the pain he and your family would endure. Why
is that pain not comparable to the pain suffered by at least some women who are
raped?
"Which office do I go to get my reputation back?" That was the
question the secretary of labor in the Reagan administration, Raymond Donovan,
asked, after being acquitted of all charges for larceny and fraud.
Where, indeed, does one go after having one's reputation unjustly ruined?
A police officer recently acquitted of charges of molesting two boys told
the press that he will never again be able to hug a child.
To this day, a decent human being named Clarence Thomas, who has become a
major Supreme Court thinker, is identified by his political enemies with sexual
harassment (of the most innocuous variety, even if true) and of having looked at
pornography (along with the majority of other decent men in America), as if
those charges define his life.
What do we have in life, after all, that is more valuable than our name and
reputation? What do good people work hardest at maintaining, if not their good
name?
The lying woman in the Duke lacrosse case, Crystal Mangum, raped three men.
Generally speaking, it is meaningless to speak of women raping men's bodies; it
is men who rape women's bodies. What women can rape is a man's name.
It is a symptom of the major sexism of our time — against men (see
Christine Hoff Sommers' "The War Against Boys" for a detailed
discussion of this sexism) — that not only is the rape of men's reputations
not considered anywhere near as serious as the rape of a woman's body, but the
women who perpetrate such destruction are protected by feminist, politically
correct news media. That is why, to this day, The New York Times and most other
liberal newspapers refuse to publish Crystal Mangum's name, let alone advocate
that she be tried or punished for her cruelty.
The Talmud, the set of books of Jewish law and philosophy that rank in
Judaism second in importance only to the Torah, says, "Whoever humiliates
his friend in public is considered as if he has shed his blood." That is
why some rabbis call undeserved public shaming "emotional murder."
That was written nearly 2,000 years ago. The lack of interest by elite
America in even identifying, let alone punishing, a woman who "emotionally
murdered" three young men proves that those who believe in the
inevitability of moral progress frequently delude themselves.
RABBI'S WITNESS
I came across an article written by a Jewish Rabbi who had his internet
website and postings affected by a hacker. Here is what he wrote:
I have been injured.
A repugnant robber,
without even the courage of a mugger, hiding behind the anonymity of the
Internet in foreign countries has injured me. Riding on my reputation, with resolute wickedness,
this degenerate wretch
has dispatched millions of emails to countless innocent recipients around the
world pretending to be me. Attempting to persuade people that his loathsome
letters originate from me he peddles vile merchandise and shameless sleaze to
the unwary.
He has stooped to using my photograph and bogus stationery to mislead those
at whom he aims his electronic missiles. Fortunately, most recipients recognize
the emails to be the work of a vile hooligan.
But some of you have asked me if these criminal communications are from me. To
my distress some, in a futile attempt to stop these emails, have unsubscribed
from my weekly Thought Tools. I occasionally find myself paralyzed by a mental
mix of pain and rage, despair and revenge.
We have successfully shut down some of the servers he has used. We have
involved law enforcement and been guided by an Israeli cyber-intelligence
expert. The authorities are closing in on him. Delete his emails. Eventually he
will be caught or will move on to more gullible prey.
But he has injured me.
He has caused people I care about to sever their relationship with me under the
mistaken impression that I am the author of the spam. He has devalued confidence
in the resources that I publish. He has stolen money from people who probably
thought they were investing in the ancient Jewish wisdom which is the only
merchandise that I make available. Above all, he has damaged my reputation which
is a devastating injury.
Let’s see how ancient Jewish wisdom teaches that robbing someone of his
reputation is a crime.
Although we speak of ‘The Ten Commandments’ throughout the entire Five
Books of Moses they are called that only three times. However, they are called
the “Two Tablets” thirty-two times.
The reason for this is because, as ancient Jewish wisdom explains, rather
than viewing them as ten separate statements, they are more correctly seen as
five permanent principles stated twice; once on each tablet. These five
principles govern all relationships. And relationships, of course, are the
antidote to God’s first warning to mankind—“It is not good for man to be
alone” (Genesis 2:18)
The first principle is that for a relationship to exist between two
entities, each must recognize the other’s existence. Thus, acknowledging that “I am the Lord your God” is a
prerequisite for a relationship with Him. The first principle
reiterated on the second tablet, commandment number six, prohibits murder.
Again, without acknowledging the other’s right to exist, no relationship is
possible.
Jumping to the third Commandment, not taking
God’s name in vain, we acknowledge God’s right to His name and reputation.
Similarly, the third principle on the second tablet which is the eighth
commandment prohibits stealing. Ancient Jewish wisdom emphasizes that this
includes stealing someone’s good name or reputation.
When Shakespeare’s Duke of Norfolk, in King
Richard II says, “The purest treasure mortal times afford is
spotless reputation…” he is correct. A company’s treasure is its
reputation; what we call brand. When a murderer introduced poisonous cyanide
into eight bottles of Extra Strength Tylenol and placed them on the shelves of
Chicago-area stores thirty years ago he not only killed seven victims. He also
severely injured the company, Johnson and Johnson,
by damaging its reputation.
Both companies and individuals possess value
in their brands and reputations. We ought to carefully build and protect
our reputations. I appreciate the many letters of support you have written as I
struggle to protect my reputation.
I hope you are intrigued by the idea that the Ten Commandments reflect five
fundamental principles of friendship and connection. They are a practical guide
to the relationships that enrich our lives materially and spiritually. (End of article)
ANSWERING HIS POINTS
Notice that the Rabbi utilizes some very profound terms in describing his
nemesis. The person utilizing his identity was a "repugnant robber,"
"degenerate wretch," and "vile hooligan." The thief was
utilizing "resolute wickedness" in order to accomplish his intended
goals of injury to the Rabbi.
Then, he goes into the "ten commandments" or "two
tablets" to serve judgment in the situation. What is the first commandment
that he goes to? Isn't it the first commandment? "I am Yahweh your Elohim,
you shall have no other elohim before Me."
Did you notice that the Rabbi failed to utilize his and our Elohim's own
identity? Doesn't he realize what he is saying? He is saying that to know Yahweh
our Elohim is a prerequisite for a relationship with Him. However, to take away
the knowledge of His name, introducing other terms instead, takes away that
personal relationship, and knowledge of who He really is.
He also admits that (he says God, but it should be Yahweh) He has a right to
His own name and reputation in accordance with the third commandment.
The Stone Edition of the Chumash
(a Rabbinic commentary) admits that the name Yahweh (hwhy) is the name of grace, mercy,
compassion, it expresses His eternal existence, and is His PROPER NAME! (pp. 11,
304-305, etc.)
The Creator, Himself, declares that Yahweh (hwhy) is His memorial name (Ex. 3:14-15). The
Hebrew word for "memorial" is zikrown,
which is defined as; to mark; to remember; to mention, etc. (Strong's Exhaustive Concordance).
How can we remember it if we don't mention it? The overall preponderance of the
world's population doesn't know it because they have never heard it spoken.
The Prophet Joel, and the Apostles Peter and Paul all witness that we must
call on the name Yahweh for salvation (Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; Ro. 10:13).
FORGETTING HIS NAME
In reality, the true name of the Creator, and the true name of the Savior
have been taken out of their word and substitutes have been introduced instead.
This is in line with the Prophet Jeremiah who is inspired to write, "I have
heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have
dreamed, I have dreamed. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets
that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell
every man to his neighbour, as their
fathers have forgotten my name for Baal," Jer. 23:25-27.
As pointed out, how many people in this world know the proper and true name
of the Creator Yahweh, and the Savior Yahshua? Even many of the ministers and
rabbis who do know of the true names, give lip service to them, but continue to
utilize the false substitutes.
I know that I keep harping on this, and it may be getting old to some, but
the major substitute for the name Yahweh is "the Lord" in both our
English Bibles, as well as the English versions of the Jewish Tanach (Old
Testament). The above prophecy of the Prophet Jeremiah has come true because
baal in Hebrew means "lord,"
"master," "Husband," etc. Thus, by taking Yahweh's name out
of His own word, replacing it with the term "the Lord," has caused the
people to forget Yahweh's name for Baal.
Whether you want to believe it or not, this is super critical, because if we
are to call on the name of Yahweh for salvation, and we don't know that name,
then where is the salvation associated with it? The serpent, who wants
everyone's death and destruction and has deceived the whole world (Rev. 12:9)
into associating the glorious things that belong to Yahweh with another general
deity called "the Lord," (Baal) and "God." Neither of these
titles are an acceptable substitute for Yahweh's name. Thus, Yahweh's identity
has been stolen and has become associated with another named Ha-Baal (the Lord).
The name of the Savior, Yahshua, has also been taken away and replaced with
the unacceptable Jesus.
WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE
The following article was found on Wikipedia concerning identity theft. Its
elements are very revealing.
Identity theft is a form of stealing
someone's identity in which someone pretends to be someone else
by assuming that person's identity, typically in order to access resources or
obtain credit and other benefits in that person's name. The victim of identity
theft (here meaning the person whose identity has been assumed by the identity
thief) can suffer adverse consequences if they are held accountable for the
perpetrator's actions. Identity theft occurs when someone uses another's
personally identifying information, like their name, identifying number, or
credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other crimes.
A recent article entitled, “Cyber Crime Made Easy" explained the
level to which hackers are using malicious software. As one security specialist
named Gunter Ollmann said, “Interested in credit card theft?
There’s an app for that.” This statement summed up the ease with which these
hackers are accessing all kinds of information online. The new program for
infecting users’ computers is called Zeus;
and the program is so hacker friendly that even an inexperienced hacker can
operate it. Although the hacking program is easy to use, that fact does not
diminish the devastating effects that Zeus
(or other software like Zeus)
can do to a computer and the user. For example, the article stated that programs
like Zeus can steal credit card
information, important documents, and even documents necessary for homeland
security. If the hacker were to gain this information, it would mean identity
theft or even a possible terrorist attack. (Giles, Jim. "Cyber Crime Made
Easy." New Scientist 205.2752 (2010): 20-21. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO.
Web. 3 Oct. 2010.)
Why would they be led to name this cyber identity theft crime package
ZEUS!!!? Zeus is the name of the great god of the Greeks. Whether you want to
admit it or not, there is a great unseen spirit in this world who is known as
Satan. He is declared to be the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4), and the prince
of the power of the air (Eph. 2:2).
Air in Hebrew is "ruach"
which is also translated as "spirit," and "breath." Carnal
minded men are under the power and influence of this great rebellious spirit. He
leads men to imbibe in rebellion, wickedness, idolatry, lies, fraud, (identity)
theft, etc., etc.
In reality, he is the one who has caused the Scriptural translators to
remove the true names of Yahweh and Yahshua from their own word and introduce
the names of blasphemy, "And there came one of the seven angels which had
the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew
unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With
whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of
the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried
me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet
coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and
scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a
golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER
OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH," Rev. 17:1-5.
This scarlet colored beast is none other than the fourth beast of the book
of Daniel chapter 7. The succession of the kingdoms was shown in both Daniel
chapters 2 and 7 to be Babylon, Medo-Persia, Macedonian-Greece, and Rome.
Babylon's power, glory, and religion was passed down to each kingdom through
inheritance.
THE ULTIMATE IDENTITY THIEF
The ultimate identity thief is that old serpent called the devil and Satan
who has deceived THE WHOLE WORLD! (Rev. 12:9)
Isaiah prophecies concerning him, "How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst
weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of Elohim: I will sit also upon
the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
High," Isa. 14:12-14.
Here is one who seeks to exalt himself into heaven to be worshipped as the
Most High! This is the same being, called the serpent, who entered into the
Garden of Eden to deceive the woman into partaking of the forbidden fruit of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 3:1-6). He is still around in the
book of Revelation in the process of deceiving the whole world! (See Rev. 12:9,
again)
He has utilized the Babylonian system to keep the world steeped in false
pagan idolatrous worship. Babylon comes from the Hebrew word babel which means confusion. He has the power
to confuse the mind of man because man (Adam and the children of Adam) is dust
(Gen. 3:19), and the serpent's food is dust (Gen. 3:14).
He, the Babylonian system, and the kings and rulers of the earth have worked
together to deceive the world and cause all to commit fornication (Psa. 2:1-3;
Rev. 17:1-5; Rev. 18:1-3).
The Creator's identity is His name. The Savior's identity is His name. Yours
and my identities are our names. He has stolen the Creator's and Savior's
identities, and is now working fervently to have our names, our identities
blotted out of the Lamb's book of life (Rev. 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:12).
It is written, "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire," Rev. 20:15. The serpent Satan has stolen
away the Creator's and Savior's identity in order to cause your identity, your
name to be blotted out of the book of life. He is the ultimate identity thief!
Don't allow him to steal your identity and your life. Turn to Yahweh with all of
your heart in repentance of the sins and confusion that has been sown in your
life. Embrace the name that we must call upon for salvation! That name is
Yahweh! Embrace the name Yahshua, which is the only name given under heaven
among men whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
The name Yahshua means "Yahweh the Savior,"
or "The Salvation of Yahweh." Embrace the true Creator and Savior. The
only true LifeLock is Yahshua the Messiah. Secure your identity in Him today!
Sometime ago
we published an article entitled Is His Name Yeshua or Yahshua? This was in answer to a man who published a
booklet entitled The Name of the Messiah: [vwhy or
[wvy(? (Yahshua or Yeshua?) Of
course, the man who published the booklet took issue with our article, would not
listen to reason and continues to maintain that the name of the Messiah was
Yeshua spelled [wvy instead
of Yahshua spelled [vwhy.
Not long ago we also received another article in
the mail which insisted that the correct pronunciation was Yahushua (Yah-hooshua)
instead of Yahshua. This article also was
rather well researched, written and seemed to have some authority to it.
However,
here is the situation BIBLICALLY. There are at least two men in Scripture who
bear the same name as the Messiah. The first is Yahshua (Joshua)
the son of
Nun and the other is Yahshua the son of Yosedech. Believe it or not, the
Scriptures present three different spellings for the same name (-s)!
Yahshua
the son of Nun originally has his name spelled as [vwhy in the Torah, the book of Joshua, Judges, 1 Ki., etc. However in Dt. 3:21
his name is elongated and spelled as [wvwhy,
“And I commanded Joshua ([wvwhy)
at that time, saying, ‘Thine eyes have seen all that Yahweh your Elohim hath
done unto these two kings: so shall Yahweh do unto all the kingdoms whither thou
passest.” Notice the Hebrew letter waw (w)
between the
shin v and
ayin [ which
does not usually occur in the general spellings elsewhere.
This
same spelling also occurs in one other place in Scripture. In Judges 2:7 this
same long form is utilzed, “And the People served Yahweh all the days of
Joshua ([wvwhy), who had seen all the great works of Yahweh, that He did for
Israel.”
The
name of Joshua son of Nun is spelled yet another way in Neh. 8:17, “And all
the congregation of them that were come out of the captivity made booths, and
sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua ([wvy) the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done
so. And there was very great gladness.”
Even
though The Interlinear Bible also spells this name as
[wvy
in Neh. 8:17,
it still renders the name as Joshua rather than following the KJV rendering of
Jeshua although the other names spelled thusly ([wvy) are
rendered as Jeshua in both versions.
THE SON OF JOSEDECH
The
second man bearing this name is Yahshua son of Yosedech. His name is spelled as [wvy
(Yeshua) in the books of I & II Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah,
but in the books of Haggai and Zechariah his name is spelled [vwhy (Joshua/Yahshua).
Ezra
the Scribe is given credit for writing the books of I & II Chronicles, Ezra
and Nehemiah by most scholars and Jewish tradition.
Ezra
was contemporary with the prophets Haggai and Zechariah who spelled Yahshua son
of Josedech’s name as [vwhy.
Let’s take Ezra’s rendering of Jeshua son of
Josedak in Ezra 3:2 for an example, “Then stood up Jeshua ([;WvyE)
the son of Jozadak (qd'c'Ay),
and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his
brethren, and builded the altar of the Elohim of Israel, to offer burnt
offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of Elohim.”
Compare
Haggai’s statement, “In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth
month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Yahweh by Haggai the
prophet unto Zeurbbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua ([;vuAhy>)
the son of Josedech (qd'c'Ahy>), the high priest, saying,…”
Notice
not only the differences in the spellings for the name Yahshua ([;WvyE/[;vuAhy)
but also for Josedech (qd'c'Ay/qd'c'Ahy>).
Ezra has left out the hei (h)
in both [vwhy and qdcwhy.
When
we compare the writings of the prophet Zechariah we find that his rendering of
Yahshua the son of Josedech is the same as that of Haggai, “Then take silver
and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua ([;vuAhy)
the son of Josedech (qd'c'Ahy>>),
the high priest,” Zech. 6:11.
What
can we make of all this? Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible and he
spells the name Yahshua as [vwhy in all places but one (Dt. 3:21).
Yahshua
the son of Nun is credited with writing the book of Joshua and he spells the
name as [vwhy
throughout.
Samuel is credited with writing the book of Judges
and he also spells the name [vwhy except in Jud. 2:7 where he also uses the long
form ([wvwhy)
once.
Both
Haggai and Zechariah write the name in the form [vwhy while
only the scribe Ezra utilized the short form [wvy..
THE BIBLE CODES
It has been determined that there are also secret
codes written into the general framework of the Scriptures. The most utilized
form of the name of the Savior in the Bible Codes is [wvy, however, there are other places where both the form [vwhy and [wvwhy
are used.
For
instance, there is a code written in Isa. 53:8-10 which identifies the name of
the Messiah thusly: ymv [wvy
Yeshua/Yashua is my name.
Isa. 53:8-10 says, “He was taken from prison and
from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of
the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And
he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he
had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased Yahweh to
bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an
offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his
days, and the
pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.
BIBLICAL FACT
The
whole gist of the matter is that the same name appears in Scripture in three
forms! Scripture is the foundation of knowledge. For someone to write a booklet
in which he makes the point that [wvy is the preferred spelling of the Messiah’s name
over [vwhy
is going against the very word of Yahweh as originally inspired.
Yahweh
spoke to Moses and Moses wrote the Torah. Yahshua son of Nun took Moses’ place
as leader of the people. We have instances also wherein Yahweh spoke to Yahshua
son of Nun who wrote the book of Joshua. Yahweh spoke to Samuel and also to
Haggai and Zechariah. They were all inspired to utilize [vwhy or
even [wvwhy. The
only one in all of Scripture who utilized the form [wvy is
the Scribe Ezra. There is no indication that Yahweh ever spoke to him. There is
no place in Ezra’s writings wherein he says, “The word of Yahweh came unto
me” or “The word of Yahweh said unto me,” etc.
However,
since Paul writes, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of Yahweh, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness: that the man of Elohim may be perfect, throughly furnished unto
all good works,” 2 Tim. 3:16-17, we must take into account that Ezra was
inspired. Therefore, we proclaim that all three forms are acceptable and a
person is not in error whether he utilizes one or the other or a combination of
the three forms. After all, that is what Scripture does!
THE PRONUNCIATION
Now
we can get into the matter of pronunciation. From the forms [vwhy or
[wvwhy we
can get the pronunciation as Yahshua or Yahushua. From the form [wvy we
can get Yashua or Yeshua.
Notice
this, there are three forms of the Savior’s name, but the only pronunciation
that will fit all three forms is Yahshua/Yashua!
Most
of the Jewish scholars will render the spelling
[vwhy as
Yehoshua in Hebrew or in the English as Joshua. Why is that? Let’s allow Rabbi
Michael L. Monk answer this question, “The sound of h (as in [vwhy) is a
mere exhalation of breath, hei; it requires little effort, no movement of lip,
tongue, or mouth (Tanchuma Bereishis 16)…The barely heard h alludes
to God, Who manifests Himself in quiet tranquility. When God appeared to Eliyahu
a strong wind rent the mountains and shattered the rocks. Afterwards there was
an earthquake and then a fire; but the L-rd was present in none of those violent
phenomena. Then, after the fire was a soundless whisper, and in it appeared God
(1 Kings 19:12). God requires no crescendos; no outward
phenomenon can compare to the very fact of His existence.” The Wisdom In The Hebrew Alphabet,
pp. 85, 88.
Notice
what he says about the h.
It is barely heard, a mere exhalation of breath, no lip, tongue or
mouth movement is required.
The h is
equivalent to our letter “h” in many many ways. When we convert the
tetragrammaton hwhy (Yahweh’s
name) into English we write YHWH. We replace the h with an H.
Our
letter H is much the same in characteristics. For example, when we say the words
when, who, why, where, it is practically silent.
We
say Judah in the English, but the Hebrew is Yehudah. The h or h becomes
silent.
I
have experimented with names time after time. I had a cousin (deceased) named
Judy. Since the J is a relatively new letter to the English language and there
is no letter J in the Hebrew, I replaced the J in her name with the letter Y
which became Yudy. When I slowed the enunciation down I began to detect the h in
her name: ee-u-dy became ee-hoo-dy. The Hebrew word for Jew is ydwhy =
Yehudiy or Yeh-hoo-dee. When I slowed my cousin’s name down, I received the
same pronunciation. In the English language, we say Jew for the Hebrew word
Yehudiy. When we speed up the enunciation, the “h” or h loses its power of recognition and we get the word
Yudy or in my cousin’s case, Judy or we say Jew.
The
name Joshua is rendered in the Hebrew text of the Scriptures as [;vuAhy>.
Notice the vowel points. We would actually get the enunciation of
Yehoshua from the vowel points by pronouncing it slowly. But speed the
pronunciation up and we will get Yoshua or Yahshua. That is why even the Jewish
lexicons, when converting the name Yehoshua into the English almost always
render it as Joshua. The h
becomes silent.
Since
Ezra was contemporary with Haggai and Zechariah, do you think that he pronounced
the name differently even though he wrote it differently? It would be hard for
me to believe that while Haggai and Zechariah were calling the High Priest
Yahshua even while receiving the word of prophecy from Yahweh, Ezra was calling
him Yeshua. With the proper vowel points added to [wvy we
can get the pronunciation of Yashua.
Therefore, we prefer to utilize the name Yahshua as the form which will fit into all three renderings. For the others who prefer to utilize Yahushua or Yeshua or Yehoshua, we will not contend with them nor will we seek to exalt our form above theirs. We will respect their choice to pronounce the name as they see fit. We certainly hope that they will also afford us the same respect in our choice.
The "hei" is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It looks
like this (e/h/h) in Pictorial Hebrew, Paleo Hebrew, and
Modern Hebrew respectively. As we can see in the Pictorial Hebrew, it appears as
a man who is surprised, or enlightened, and that is what it means. It means to
behold, to reveal, a window, etc. Our own word "hey!" comes from this
Hebrew letter. Since it is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, it also
serve as the number five (5).
When placed in front of a common noun, it serves as the article
"the." A common noun identifies what something is, but when
"the" is associated with it, then "the" singles that item
out as the exact thing being identified. For instance, the word
"house" tells us what the subject may be, but there are millions of
houses. "The house" identifies the specific house. The house is ha-bayit (tyBh)
in Hebrew.
There are many elohim, but Yahweh is "the Elohim" (ha-Elohim/~yhlah),
"the El" (ha-El/lah). There are many sovereigns, masters, lords,
but Yahweh is "the Sovereign" (ha-Adon/ndah -
ha-adonai/yndah,
etc.). There are many anointed (mashiyach/xyvm), but Yahshua is "the Anointed/the
Messiah" (ha-mashiyach/xyvmh).
Yahshua is also "the sovereign/ha-adon/ndah".
In Hebrew, words are either masculine or feminine. When the hei is placed at the end of a word, or common
noun, it becomes feminine. The Hebrew word for wisdom, chokmah (hmkx),
is always feminine. It is interesting that the Greek word for wisdom, sophia, is also feminine. Yahshua
is the wisdom of Yahweh (1 Cor. 1:24, 30). [Figure this one out if you
can.]
CREATIVE POWER
I want to do some extensive quotations from a book entitled In His Own Words by L. Grant Luton,
"When [Elohim's] Spirit resides within a person's life, that life takes on
an entirely new identity; and the change which transpires is dramatic and
radical. We will better appreciate this change as we examine hei (h)
and discover the lessons it holds for us. Hei
(h) is a mysterious and many-faceted letter,
full of insights and applications. It is a letter of meekness as well as power,
of hushed expectancy, and creative dynamism. In fact, according to the Talmud,
it was with the letter hei
(h) that [Elohim] created the
present world. The Sages
derive this from two sources. The first is found in Psalms, "By the word of
Yahweh were the heavens made," Psa. 33:6.
This first phrase.....refers to the creative action of the letter beit (b),
which, as we learned in chapter 2, pictures Yahshua the word ― the One by
Whom creation came into being). The
second phrase, "... their starry host by the breath of his mouth," (IBID) refers to the letter hei (h)
because the sound made by hei
(h) is nothing more than a breathing outward
― a mere exhalation of breath without movement of the lips or tongue. As b (beit,
the "house") was the letter by which [Elohim] is said to have made the
physical universe, hei
(h), the out-breathing of His Spirit, is the
letter by which the universe was animated. The same may be said of man ―
we were created by the Son, but we were made new creations by the Spirit of [Elohim]
breathed into us.
"The legend that [Elohim] used hei
(h) to create the universe is also based on a
small h found in Genesis, as shown below:
"These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they
were created (~arbhb),
in the day that Yahweh Elohim made the earth and the heavens." (Gen. 2:4)
"The word in parenthesis is (~arbhb, b'hibar'am) 'when they were created,'
or 'in their creation.' The second
letter of this word is a small hei
(h). The Sages say that the hei (h)
is printed in this way so as to cause us to divide the word ~arb-h-b, so that it can be read, 'In h they
[the heavens and earth] were created.' (Note:
remember that the beit
[b] in
front of a word indicated "in". JH)
[~arb- (they
were created) h- (hei) b In]
(remember that Hebrew reads from right to left JH].
But another interpretation may also be rendered by this arrangement. Let's
look at the word ~arbhb
again. As stated above, beit
(b) represents the living word ― Yahshua,
the son of Elohim. And following the b
is the small hei (h) as if just breathed forth by the b. (In fact, the h is almost small enough to fit inside the b.) In other words, ~arbhb could
be interpreted: The Son (b)
breathed forth (h)
creation (~arb). This would agree
with the verse we just read from Psalms, 'By the word of Yahweh [Yahshua being
the word (Jn. 1:1-3)] were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath
of His mouth.' (pp. 58-59)
Robert M. Haralick writes, "The letter energy intelligence h is intimately connected with the power of being
for the root to be is hyh. From this we learn that it is the mechanism
of the h by which the Divine, which
is associated with the letter y,
does manifest in our existence. For from the letter intelligence of h, the Divine expresses and we experience this
expression as a Divine manifestation.
Associated with this is the way the Talmud explains the verse, "These
are the generations of the heaven and earth in having created them (~arbhb) [Gen. 2:4], in terms of another verse,
"Trust ye in (Yahweh) for ever; for in hy
(Yah) (Yahweh) is an everlasting rock." (Isa. 26:4).
The Talmud interprets ~arbhb,
in having created them, as ~arb yhb,
which means: with the letter h,
an abbreviation for h-w-h-y,
did Elohim create them.
It implies that if one puts his trust in the Holy One, blessed be He, behold
He is unto him as a refuge in this world and in the world to come...[Since] He
created them with the h;
hence I may say that this world was created with the h and the future world with the y." (The Inner
Meaning of the Hebrew Letters (pp. 77-78).
GRACE
The hei (h), being the fifth letter of the alphabet,
also serves for the number five (5). Five is a very significant number in
Scripture as it is the number for grace.
We have examined the first two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which are the
aleph (a/a/a), and the beit
(b/b/b) [Pictorial, Paleo, and Modern Hebrew
respectively]. The aleph
and beit in combination (ba/ba/ba [Pictorial, Paleo, and Modern Hebrew
respectively) present to us the Hebrew word Father. If we place an hei between these two letters for father (bea/bha/bha), we obtain the Hebrew word for love. Placing
the hei in the middle has to do with
revealing the heart of the Father. He loves us so much that He extends His grace
h to us through His Son
Yahshua. Yahshua puts this grace in action in the book of John when He said,
"For Yahweh (h-w-h-y)
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For Yahweh (h-w-h-y) sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that
believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
Elohim," Jn. 3:16-18.
The Apostle Paul adds, "But Yahweh (h-w-h-y), who is rich in mercy, for his great
love (bea/bha/bha) wherewith he loved us, Even when we were
dead in sins, hath quickened us together with the Messiah, (by grace [h] ye are saved;)
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly
places in the Messiah Yahshua: That in the ages to come he might shew the
exceeding riches of his grace [h] in his kindness toward us through the
Messiah Yahshua. For by grace [h]
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of Yahweh
(h-w-h-y): Not of works, lest
any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in the Messiah Yahshua
unto good works, which Yahweh (h-w-h-y)
hath before ordained that we should walk in them," Eph. 2:4-10.
When we come to understand the Hebrew characters and place them into the
Scriptures, doesn't it give them more clarity? Doesn't it give them more life
and understanding?
Robert M. Haralick adds, "The most important word in which h participates is the Tetragrammaton h-w-h-y. There is an upper h and
a lower h.
The first h is the upper power of being. The second h is
the lower power of being.
Each is united by the connection of the w
to permit the flow of Divine
spirituality of the y.
The first h corresponds to the giving hand. The second h corresponds
to the receiving hand.
The letter h
is also related to the word water in the following verse: Let there be a
firmament in the midst of the water that it may separate water from water.
The Zohar explains this verse in the following way.
Thereupon la (God), the 'right cluster' [dsx, Loving-kindness] lwdg la (Great God), spread forth from the midst of the water to
complete this name la
and to combine with this extension, and so la
was extended into ~yhla [hrwvg by addition of ~yih]. These* ~yh extended and became reversed so as to form
lower waters hmy. This extension which took
place on the second day is the upper waters. The h,
y, *m
form
~yh
(the sea) which is the upper
waters. The reversal of these letters hmy
(seaward), is the lower
waters. When they were firmly established, all became one whole, and this name
was extended to a number of places. The upper waters were male and the lower
waters are female. At first they were commingled, but afterwards they were
differentiated into upper and lower waters. This is the meaning of '~yhla
upper waters,' and this is
the meaning of 'ynda lower waters'; and this is
the meaning of the upper h
and
lower h....This is the name which is graven with the
lettering h-w-h-y to
reconcile the upper with the lower waters, the upper with the lower h; the insertion of the w between
them harmonizes the two sides." (IBID,
pp. 80-81)
*(NOTE: I have placed an asterisk beside the ~ and
m
as a reminder that they are
the same letter, the mem.
The ~ is the mem as it appears at the end of a word (the final
form), while the m
appears
at the beginning or in the elsewhere in a word.)
Elsewhere, there are writings of the Jews that say that in the name Yahweh (h-w-h-y) the yod (y)
is masculine, the hei
(h) is feminine, the waw (w)
is masculine, and the hei
(h) is feminine.
However, in essence, their examination of the name in the above
paragraph, reveals Yahshua as the One Who proceeded from the Father (y), as the hei (h
[heavenly grace]), Who
descended from heaven to this earth, being born as His Son (w), to administer His marvelous grace (h) to those of us below, "Let this mind be
in you, which was also in the Messiah Yahshua: Who, being in the form of Elohim,
thought it not robbery to be equal with Elohim: But made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and
became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross," Phil. 2:5-8.
Would this not also confirm what Robert Haralick has written above
concerning the upper hei
(h) being the upper hand, and the lower hei (h)
being the receiving hand, being connected by the waw
(w), so that Yahweh's love, blessings, and grace
flows from the yod
(y).
NAME CHANGE
L. Grant Luton continues writing, "When [Yahweh's] Spirit indwells a
person, that person becomes an entirely new creation ― a new species, as
it were. This is illustrated brilliantly in the same word we examined earlier
― ~arbhb (b'habar'am, 'when they were created' or
'in their creation'). We learned how this word can also be read ~arb-h-b, 'in h they were created'. But there is another
possible reading: 'The Son (b)
breathed the hei (h) into....' Before we continue, look closely
at the remaining four letters (~arb)
and notice that they are the
same letters that comprise the name ~rba (Abram).
The transformation is made simply by moving the a to the front of the other
three letters. (Likewise, whenever [Yahweh] breathes His Spirit into our lives, a 'moves
to the front'.) In other words, the b
breathed
h
into
~rba
(Abram) and 'creation' (~arbhb)
occurred. What kind of creation? Once again, when [Yahweh's] breath (His Spirit)
enters a man, that man becomes a new creation. (In His Own Words, p. 64)
[NOTE: Yahshua revealed that He is the aleph
(a) and the tau
(t) {Rev. 1:8}. When we receive Yahweh's Spirit
through Him, we absolutely become a new creation (~arbhb). We not only become the children of
Yahweh Elohim, but also become children and heirs of faithful Abraham. Yahshua
becomes our head, our chief one, which is represented by the aleph (a). HalleluYah!!!!! JH]
Adam was created first, then the woman was brought forth by putting him to
sleep and removing a rib with which Yahweh created the woman. It is through Adam
and Eve that we all are able to enter into this physical, fleshly, carnal world.
However, because of Adam's disobedience, we all inherit sin, corruption, and
death from him, "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For
until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not
sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him
that was to come," Ro. 5:12-14.
It is through Abraham and his seed (Yahshua) that we are able to receive
grace (h). You see, Abraham's name
was originally Abram (~rba),
which means "High Father." His wife's name was originally Sarai (yrX), which means "Dominative." The yod (y) at the end of her name also
serves as the number 10. It is this author's belief that since Abram was to be
the father of the promised seed, Yahweh took the yod (y)
that is at the end of her name, divided it (10 ÷ 2 = 5), adding the 5 (h) to Abram's name expanding it to Abraham,
which means "Father of many nations." Her name was then changed to
Sarah (hrX), which means
"Princess, or Queen."
Paul says that their bodies were dead to the purposes of reproduction,
"Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace (h); to the end the promise might be sure to all
the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the
faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him
whom he believed, even Yahweh, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things
which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he
might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So
shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead,
when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's
womb: He staggered
not at the promise of Yahweh through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving
glory to Yahweh; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was
able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for
righteousness," Ro. 4:16-22.
Yahweh breathed the hei
(h) into their bodies and names so that they
revived. Sarah conceived and bare the seed of promise (Isaac). It is vitally
important that all men, come to understand that we must become the seed of
Abraham through the seed of promise that comes through Isaac, that is Yahshua
the Messiah!
Abraham is called Yahweh's friend twice in the Tanakh, once in 2 Ch. 20:7,
and once in Isa. 41:8. However, the Hebrew word from whence "friend"
is translated is ahab
(bha). Remember that the Hebrew word for love is
the word Father (ba)
with the hei (h) inserted in the middle to reveal that which
is on the Father's heart, that is, His love that He administers to us through
the grace (h) of His Son Yahshua. Oh
HalleluYah!!!!! The wonders of Yahweh are so amazing, so awesome, so great!!!!!
THE TENT
The common Hebrew word for the English word "God" is El (la).
This is composed of the first letter of the alphabet, the aleph (a), and the lamed (l). Again, the aleph (a) has to do with that that is
first, chief, strong, the head, etc. The lamed (l)
is the picture of a rod of authority, shepherd's rod, etc. From this we learn
that the word El has to do with a Mighty, or Strong One, or Chief Authority, or
even Chief Shepherd.
Moses was told to gather various materials from the children of Israel so
that they could make a dwelling place for Yahweh so that He could dwell among
them (Ex. 25). This dwelling was called a "tent" in Exodus 26:11. The
Hebrew word for tent is ohel
(lea).
The hei is simply placed between the
aleph (a),
and lamed (l)
in the word El (la). In other words, the tent was to be the window (e),
the revelation (e), the edifice for the beholding (e) of El (la).
The tent and everything associated with it, including the priesthood, was to
be anointed (mashach).
In other words, the tent and its priesthood was to be the dwelling place of the
El Who was to become the Messiah, the Anointed One! An in-depth study of the
tabernacle, its vessels, priesthood, and sacrifices reveal the many faceted
offices of Yahshua the Messiah.
May Yahweh bless you to understand these marvelous
things!