Editor’s Note: This article was written by George Gabler of kahalyahweh.net who generously granted permission for us to reprint it here.
Why be so concerned about a "name"?
Mat 24:4 And Yah'shua answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. [+Mk 13:6; Lk 21:8]
Mat 24:5 FOR MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING, I AM MESSIAH; and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Messiahs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
And it is possible! All one has to do is examine what Paul tells the Thessalonians about the falling away.
2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Messiah is at hand.2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called Elohiym, or that is worshipped; so that he as Yahweh sitteth in the temple of Yahweh, shewing himself that he is Elohiym.
That is from within the body of believers, not pagianity!
Failure to understand this vital point regarding His name may lead many to the loss of their inheritance!
JESUS is not the Messiah or the Savior of the Bible. In fact, Jesus is a modern rendition of IESIUS, a son of Zeus. So there is no way that there is any salvation there.
Why do truth seekers believe that the son of Zeus is in any way connected to the scriptures? Because they have swallowed the lies and drank from the well of deception for so long that they are unable to comprehend real spiritual truth!
It's official!
The official 2019 etymological definition of GOD, as given by the Church of Rome (aka the Roman Catholic Church), is that GOD is a demonic name, applicable to the name of Zeus, and has no etymological connection whatsoever to the name Yahweh! That does not stop them from equating God with Yahweh is other writings, leading an unsuspecting and trusting public to believe that there is no difference. Why should it be astonishing to discover that if Zeus is God, as they say, that a son of Zeus would also be the son of God?
And, who is it that tells you that JESUS is the name of the son of God? The same as those who tell you that Zeus is God!
There is a strong link to IESIUS, a son of Zeus! As you probably know, Zeus was also known as “Theos” and was worshiped widely throughout the ancient world as 'the eternal', 'the almighty', 'the creator', 'the lawgiver', and ' the father' of mankind.
Ancient translators did not always make a distinction between Yahweh and the demonic world around them. In the letter of Aristeas, we are told that “Zeus is Theos”:
“I have been at pains to discover, the God (Theos) who gave them their law is the God (Theos) who maintains your kingdom. They worship the same God (Theos) - the Lord and Creator of the Universe, as all other men, as we ourselves, O king, though we call him by different names, such as Zeus or Dis.”R.H. Charles-Editor; Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1913
A Greek son of Zeus [Ancient Greek: Ζεύς, Zeús [zdeǔ̯s])], Iesius (aka Iesion/Iasion), [was the] son of Zeus and Electra [She was loved by Zeus and bore him two sons, Dardanos, ancestor of the Trojan royal family, and Iasion, founder of the Samothrakian Mysteries.(https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheElektra2.html)].
Iasion, aka Iesius, is easily Latinized into Iesus.
Understand: Christianity has given the definition of Jesus, intentionally distorting the Greek to support their "Jesus" doctrine.
Religionists say that...Iēsous ... ee-ay-sooce' (is) Of Hebrew origin...
Is it? Yes, it is, but what you are NOT being told is that it has nothing to do with the Messianic name!
Here's why
The truth is, there is NO "E" in Messiah's prophetic human name! The scriptural Greek H [η heta] is wrongfully DEFINED by Christians as an E [ε epsilon].
Ιησου is IH-SOU, that is, YH-ShUa, (NOT iesou).
Ιησου, transliterated as YaH-ShUa because it is a Hebrew name, was not taken from the Greek New Testament, as you probably thought, but rather from the Messianic prophecy regarding the coming of the High Priest who will do away with sin. Zechariah 3:8! In fact, IHSOU including the grammatical variants of 'n' and 's' in this chapter, plus another time in chapter 6, is used 6 times. That was 5 times regarding Yahweh's grace, and one time regarding His unity of King and Priest! Six times shows that it is the number of man. Messiah's prophetic human name was given many centuries in advance!
The Hebrew is important!
Messiah's prophetic human name is [יהושׁע] Yah'shua! and is given 5 times in Zechariah 3:1-9 and one more time in Zechariah 6:11-13, 6 times in all, pertaining to The High Priest Who would obviate sin.
[יהושׁע] Yah'shua is the only Hebrew name (out of 6) carried over into the New Testament that begins with [יה] YH yet maintains the [יה] YH/IH connection. That virtually screams “NOTICE THIS”!
Etymologically Yah'shua is from “Hosea” (see: Joshua 13:16). Hosea is from “yasha” [ישע – H3467]: A primitive root; properly to be open, wide or free, that is, (by implication) to be safe; causatively to free or succor: - < X at all, avenging, defend, deliver (-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save (-iour), get victory.
Yah'shua has no etymological connection to “Shua”, [שׁועא] Strong's #H7774, which means “wealth”. The prime word [שׁוע] “shua”, Strong's #7768, is a primitive root; properly to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively to halloo (for help, that is, freedom from some trouble): - cry (aloud, out), shout.
So to be directly honest, "shua", H7774, is not etymologically connected to the Messianic name!
[יהושׁע] is not “Yeshua”, if it were then [יה] as used in “Yah” and “Yahweh” would have to be “YEh” or “YEhweh” not “YH” as in Yah or Yahweh.
Y'shua/Yeshua [ישׁוע] is a general word for 'salvation', but only used as a name (Jeshua) about 30 times, 28 of which are in the exile books Ezra-Nehemiah. It is never used in any prophetic messianic scripture.
Y'shua/Yeshua [ישׁוע] cannot be directly transliterated into Greek, because ισου (isou/iso/isa & variants) are the Greek words for “equal” in both the Septuagint and Greek New Testament. This explains why Yahweh chose Greek to preserve the prophetic name of His Son, Yah'shua.
The Jews transliterated Yah'shua [יהושׁוע] & [יהושׁע] into Greek as Ιησου, which in English is IH-SOU, more than 200 times, and is always articulated as the original Hebrew, Yah'shua (aka Joshua) in spite of any English variations.
This also means that Ιησου (IHSOU), which is from the LXX, could not be a reference to the Christian "Jesus" because the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures was done about 250 years BEFORE Messiah!
Ιησου is the transliteration of YAHSHUA used more than 235 times in the LXX, evidenced by the singular transliteration of both spellings [יהושוע and יהושע], both of which are used in the same verse (Judges 2:7), also showing that [יהושוע] is articulated exactly the same as [יהושע], Yahshua! The fact that both the 6 letter spelling and the 5 letter spelling are transliterated the same seems to explain why many reject the Greek Texts – so they can create their own pronunciations. The Greek is proof that "Yahshua" is the correct articulation of the prophetic human name of Messiah.
And, as some already know, Yahweh's name also begins with [יה] YH. While it can not be scripturally proven that the name Yah'shua is an etymological derivation of the Tetragrammaton [which is another Christian DEFINITION], it is still clear that the Ιη [IH] in the Greek is equivalent to the YH of Hebrew, reinforcing Messiah's statement that He came in the authority of the Father (Jn 5:43).
Note also that Judges 2:7 in the LXX was a Jewish translation into Greek, not a translation done by Greeks! Certainly the Jews of 250 years before Messiah knew the correct articulation of the name, so rendering it into Greek letters to reflect the Hebrew articulation, Yahshua. It had nothing do with "Jesus"!
Many are hysterical over the Greek Ιησου (IHSOU). But understand – "Jesus" is a USER DEFINED word to uphold Christian theology!
And, it doesn't even come from the scriptures, but from Greek mythology, as IESIUS was a son of Zeus (and Electra)! The Latins [*] dropped an "I" making it IESUS and that evolved into JESUS!
[*The first Latin translations of the Bible are collectively known as Vitus Latina. All of varying quality, they were eventually replaced by St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate in the 5th.century.]
Where's the beef?
Religionists have controlled the dialogue regarding the NAME, but the real issue is about WHO IS WORSHIPED, the Son of Zeus, or the Son of Yahweh!
A Conspiracy Theory!
Yet there could have been a "e" scripturally, if that is what was intended!
Again, about 250 years before Messiah, [Ιεσουα] Iesoua WAS USED!
In Genesis 46:17 Ιεσουα, aka Yeshua, is named as a son of Asher. So the Greek "E" (epsilon) WAS both known and used 250 years before Messiah, which means that it could have been used, but wasn't!
So the fact remains that Yahweh chose Greek to preserve the prophetic human name of His Son, Yah'shua, but did not use the Greek “ε” epsilon, in Messiah's name.
Who stands to gain from such a serious omission of fact? Satan, of course!
Let's look at another verse:
The LXX in Numbers 26:28 uses Ιεσου (Iesou/Jesu) and the plural Ιεσουι (Jesuites)! That's another clear example of IESOU that has absolutely nothing to do with the Messianic name! However, no one bothers asking, "why"! An attempt to mislead truth seekers is clearly evident because the numbering system in the LXX is not identical to the English translations! The KJV places this verse at Numbers 26:44! That makes everything very difficult for the truth seeker to verify.
"In Christian circles, a number of different attempts were made over the centuries to subdivide the biblical books into smaller pieces for easier reference to specific passages, especially in the European schools of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. The system of chapters used today is usually credited to Stephen Langton, who served as Archbishop of Canterbury in the early 1200s, and their first use was in copies of the Latin Vulgate version. A 14th-century rabbi, Solomon ben Ishmael, seems to have adapted Langton’s chapter divisions for use in Hebrew Bibles, complementing the existing verse divisions in the Masoretic Text. New Testament verse divisions seem to have been introduced by Robert Estienne in the 1550s." (https://www.bibleodyssey.org/tools/bible-basics/why-are-bible-chapters-and-verses-numbered.aspx)
The latest cool thing among religionists is to discard the Hebrew and Greek texts which prove that Messiah's prophetic human name is "Yahshua", to focus on Aramaic texts that were translations of Greek texts, around the third or fourth century. Do not be deceived, Aramaic texts are not "original" anything!They were translations. Also, they are copies of earlier Greek manuscripts,which must be presumed to be based on original and authoritative sources. Also, and this is important, the name [יהושע] "Yahshua" NEVER appears in ANY Aramaic manuscript! What is there is "IESU"! JUST LIKE THE LATIN!
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if the Latin IESU is fraudulent then so is the Aramaic!
But to the deceived, this is their "baby", so they refuse to dump the lies about IESU [aka JESUS], which they say is "Yeshua", and lie to you about what is going on, insisting that they are the light of the world!
Remember Yah'shua is the light!
Joh 1:4 In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Joh 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Joh 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through Him might believe.
Anyone that does some digging through these "Yeshua" websites will discover that their "Yeshua" is the same entity as the Christian Jesus! And I repeat: it is about WHO is being worshipped! Putting a yarmulke on the son of Zeus does not make him our savior! A couple years ago the digging was easy. But the deceivers have learned to bury the connection a lot deeper, so you just have to look harder.
Shalom,
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