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I fully agree with Kevin Straub’s responses below. The
commandments of God are not enough for some! Like the ancient Jews, they want
more works to do!—rwb
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Straub
To: rb
Sent: Thursday, January
19, 2012 3:31 PM
Subject: Hebrew YAHUSHA
good Greek JESUS bad
It was recommended by a gentleman of Adventist
background, new to the world of Judaic feastkeeping
in the Type, that I read Messianic teacher Lew White’s article, of the Torah
Institute: Restoring the Lost Tribes of Israel, at http://www.fossilizedcustoms.com/transliteration.html, called “Transliteration
study on the Name of the Messiah.”
This is a great story and I learned lots by it. Here
are my thoughts on the matter, as I respond to him: I call it: Hebrew
YAHUSHA Good, Greek JESUS Bad
Well, this is all enough to make one cross-eyed, isn’t
it? The Jesuits gave us “Jesus”? May His Name be blotted out from the scroll of
life? Wow. So says Messianic Lew White. The claim is made, with regard to the
etymology of the English “Jesus,” that “Yeshu” is
said to be a corruption of the Aramaic “Yeshua” for
the very purpose of forming an acronym which means “May His Name be blotted out
[of the book of life];” that those unbelieving and hateful Yahudimic
Talmud scholars of the late 1st and 2nd centuries put
this reasonably Hebrew-sounding Aramaic name through the Greek linguistic mulcher, which lacked the proper sounds for a valid transliteral processing of the name and then the Jesuits,
of course, would have processed it through the Latin and from there we get the
English. Lew blames the continuance of this wickedness on the Norman invaders
for introducing the “J,” (and I am still not clear why the “J” sound is evil),
and then the reformers by retaining the Latin Iesus
to the original English “Iesus” or sometimes dropping
the final “s” to give us, “Iesu,” and finally the
King James translators, on an agenda to stamp out the Geneva Bible consummated
the insult, giving us the modern “Jesus.”
I would have to see much more than what is here
provided, giving proper citations so that I can run down the accuracy and
validity which would authenticate the claims which attribute motive, in
particular where the early transition from the Aramaic to the Greek is
concerned.
I am bit perplexed about the Messianic man having a
problem with “Yeshua,” because Jesus spoke Aramaic.
Incidentally, the Greek transliteration “IAOUE” is
very interesting to me, because these are the English Vowels and to me this would
connote an open mouth, air flow, that which connects the shaping and defining
elements and contours of the stoppages of the consonants give them coherence
and function, connecting them to breath, giving them all that is
necessary to produce a word that there may be communication. The movement of
air is also required to provide oxygen, for sustenance of life. Communication of life. I like that, actually.
We can “read into” things an awful lot and find devils
behind every tree. I see an implied upside down cross in the insignia
for the SdA church. Is this an intentional and
conspiratorial feature? I don’t know, really. I can’t make that claim. I don’t
like what I see in the adoption of the new logo in that it removes the
distinctiveness of the Advent message and seems all rather ecumenical; I do
know that the three angels are gone and I can certainly see how this is
reflected also in the general teaching of the denomination today, but there are
claims we just cannot make, sometimes, without making things seem a little
forced. I can’t make a religion out of which logo is used, but I can take issue
with actual teachings.
I think this whole thing about the name is a man-made
argument and derives in Jewish ethnocentrism.
Yahusha is fine. I can communicate with Messianics using it. I am not offended to do so, at all. As
long as they don’t require me to also have a beard in order to have discussion,
we will get along fine. I won’t grow one for them, because my wife’s opinion
takes precedence! I know that some make a religious issue out of that.
You can be dead sure that brother Lew has one and I would be surprised if it is
not really big and bushy! But do we have to get caught up in all these forms?
This stuff does absolutely nothing for spirituality, for fine tuning my
character to reflect His image, that people may see Yahusha
in me. If that is not my focus, I naturally gravitate to externals. If I can’t
be the genuine article, I’ll at least look like it. Pretty soon, I am
frequenting discussion boards to find out where to shop for comfortable long
underwear that is of pure natural fiber. Life is already difficult enough in
this world, as we do have different diets (for reasons of health and optimizing
our service to God and man) and we do dress differently (for health, economy
and modesty), and we do seek for pure and non-violent literature and DVD’s for
the kids and ourselves (for proper moral development). We do all these things
because we are His children, being restored to His image, not because they “get
us to heaven” or make us holy. We are holy, in Him, and He will make us holy so
that the externals will come into line by having His nature at work in us.
The Messianic lifestyle adds a whole new dimension,
with a whole new set of difficulties. Going back to “Torah” brings on our heads
a ton of new regulations, even how we refer to God, sorry, G-d. How much
trouble do I need to go to to get the pronunciations
of ALL the Bible names correctly? Do I need to learn Hebrew to find favor with
God? One of the troubles with this path is that it takes us right back to a
religion of regulations. Many who desire to know God and follow Him don’t
understand that the whole development of the ceremonial law as coming down
through Moses in the form called “Permissive Paradigm,” which is given in pity
for human weakness and penchant for rites and forms and which results in an old
covenant relationship to God that is rooted in fear and in slave/master
approach to God which is enmity and hatred at its foundation. It was given because
of the hardness of men’s hearts in that they insisted on their own way. These
things were not given because they are God’s way. The Psalmist said that God’s
way was in the sanctuary and I believe the meaning of this does not refer to
the forms but to the antitypical realities there portrayed. We have the True
Sanctuary of the Son of God, in whom dwelt all the
fullness of God, who showed us the completeness of the path to God in His life,
teachings, and the sacrifice of Himself a burnt offering for sin. Why would we
a systematic ritual religion, anymore? We still have all the lessons that were
given in the types, PLUS we have the enactment of them in their fulfillment.
Now we can behold the Lamb of God, not the four-legged kind. For rites, He
instituted the Lord’s Supper and baptism whereby we may remember His death and
resurrection and did not over-regulate their execution with a lot of rules or
with the cycles of the heavenly bodies or the harvest times, but with the
moving of the Spirit.
This name issue is said to be a “very serious
stronghold?” It is a “false name?” The “anti-Messiah” will use it? What if,
when he comes, he calls Himself Yah Mashiach? Just
for the Messianics, he will be “Yah Mashiach.” He will be whatever he needs to be to deceive
everyone he can.
A false name is portrayed in Christianity today and in
Messianic Christianity also, in that God is viewed as destroying His enemies by
human wrath and use of carnal weapons, not in pronouncing His name in other
languages than Hebrew.
I have to come at all of this from a spiritual
perspective, not a formal. I have to take a principled and Scriptural approach
to how I evaluate any teaching. I am convinced in my own mind that this is a
rabbit trail, a side issue, actually a non-issue. It has everything
to do with getting us off of character development and staying more focused on
externals and arguments. It actually detracts from the work we do in
bringing the message to the world about God’s character,
replacing the precious moments we have with people in sharing the love of God
with arguments about how to say His name. Isn’t the devil laughing? I already
have my hands full trying to show people from the Scriptures that God is
actually good and not about to pour molten lava on their heads if they choose
to reject Him and what it is about sin that will destroy them. I really do have
better things to do than get embroiled in these matters and we need to talk
about something more productive than this, because it all has nothing
whatsoever in it that has to do with helping me to:
· submit to my Lord and
· be crucified with Him
and
· in the dying, to walk
daily in His presence,
· drinking the Living
Water,
· being filled with His
Spirit and
· going from Glory to
Glory, being changed into His Image, as
· I am washed in the
Blood of the Lamb and
· being fitted for dwelling
in the everlasting burnings of His presence.
So, while others are spending their days building the
church of linguistically correct transliteration. I’m going to focus on His
Name – His Character – so that by beholding I shall be transformed after the
Divine similitude.
Along with the Messianics, I
can enjoy His linguistically correct name, “Yahushua,”
or “Yahusha” as brother Lew prefers, calling it a
good name. I can go along with them that this is the original and authentic, in
the Hebrew. I believe that it refers to the same Eternally Begotten, the
Saviour of the World, the Messiah. However, if I call Him “Jesus,” as ripped
and shredded through the so-called meat-grinder of the Greek, I do not believe
that it means I am insulting Him as is the brought against those who
transliterated His name into other languages. I do not believe that if I refer
to Him as “Jesus” that it means I am partaking in a Satanic
mockery.
Now, while I would want to be accommodating with my
Messianic friends, not wanting to offend them and call Him “Jesus” in their
presence, I hope they would allow me the freedom to not believe that this is an
issue of the most gravity. What if I slipped? Should I stop using “Jesus”
altogether, in case I might offend someone from the Temple of Yah Mashiach? How far can we realistically go in the whole
stumbling block protocol? It seems that there are a lot of folks offended by
the name “Jesus” these days. The Jews, the New Agers, the atheists…. This
also means I have a lot of Bibles that I can no longer read from. I do have one
that has all the proper names but I never know who I am reading about and have
to refer to the English versions. Another learning curve.
Not only that, now I can be even further marginalized
and isolated because nobody else will know who I am talking about, either.
Then, they are going to wonder why I have long braided sideburns. Why won’t
they come to any more Bible studies to learn about the Great God who has
declared through His servant Paul, in the English, (I don’t know his name in
Hebrew) that there is neither Jew nor Greek but all are one in Christ Jes--- oops, I mean “Yeshua”, aaaah, I mean Yahushua,
no, still didn’t get it -- I mean Yahusha?
<sigh>
Names today aren’t given so much to carry meaning as
they are just because people like the sound of the words. It is well and good
to give meaningful names. Christians tend to care about the meaning of names
and want to assign names that carry good thoughts or attribute worthy
characteristics. Using Jesus today, in our society in general, “Jesus,” from
“Joshua,” still means “God is Salvation.” This is what most of society agrees
upon. There may be a small segment that attributes nasty meanings to the name,
apparently the Messianics are one of those sects, and
the devil has in all likelihood tried to affix the worst meanings he can
possible think up, but the larger society has no trouble understanding each
other in using “Jesus” to refer to the Saviour.
Words and usages change over time. What was once
“wonderful” became “swell” became “groovy” became “cool” became “awesome”
became “rad” became “phat.”
What was once “merry” became “gay” morphed into “homosexual” or “uncool/stupid.” Meanings can change even over the
course of a lifetime, as we abandon one for the other, or add others. We all
agree that a name or a word conveys certain meanings and it becomes so, just as
we all agree that coin or piece of paper represents our labor and can serve as
a symbol of value in trade. We may not like some of the new words and not use
them, but we understand the concepts behind the common usages and the effect is
accurate communication, after all. However, even if it were a valid argument
that at one time the name “Jesus” in general usage actually stood to convey
“horse” or “pig” or “may His name be damned,” as is suggested by our Messianic
teacher Lew White, it no longer means that. I doubt that it ever meant any of
those things, except maybe in some very tight esoteric circles and would only
stand as an inside joke within a sectarian paradigm.
Words are intended to communicate and are only
effective when they do so properly. When I say “sky blue” then both of us
should have an agreement that we are talking about a specific color, the same
as the sky on a sunny day. There could be another meaning, but unless we both
understand that there is another meaning and we both understand which meaning
is being expressed by the speaker, we have communication breakdown. For a
listener to understand that there is a certain valid meaning in use in society
and refuse that speaker the right to utilize that valid expressive meaning as
it is in society is an attitude that is not of God. In my opinion, it is coercive, forcing one’s views on another; it is
judgmental, because by claiming that God’s person can only be respected by
using the Hebrew name it judges a person using another language as
disrespectful of God, if not demonically blasphemous; and it is Pharisaical in
that it could be easily construed as hearkening back to Judaistic
exclusivism.
Finally,
“…God has not put Himself in words, in logic, in
rhetoric, on trial in the Bible.” 1SM 21.1
I know she is talking about the nature of inspiration
in this context. I am using the line homiletically, not exegetically. We are
putting each other on trial over words, over the name of God. We have to stop
making controversies, salvational issues and final
messages to the world over things that are not. We are faced with the real
controversy coming to its peak and closure and the devil knows this, so he is
creating a number of other theories that purport to be the 4th angel
message, thinking to obfuscate it or slow down its progress by having God’s
ambassadors spending their time chasing rabbits so to get the focus of the
peoples’ attention back on the real thing. Like I am doing,
here.
Think about it.
Would the Messianics mind if
I call Him:
1. Advocate
2. Almighty
3. Almighty God
4. Alpha and Omega
5. Amen, The
6. Ancient of Days
7. Anointed
8. Anointed One
9. Author
10.
Author
of Eternal Salvation
11.
Beginning
12.
Beginning
and the Ending
13.
Begotten
14.
Beloved
15.
Beloved
Son
16.
Beloved
Son of God
17.
Blessed
of God
18.
Bread
of Life
19.
Bridegroom
20.
Bright
and Morning Star
21.
Captain
of Man's Salvation
22.
Captain
of Our Salvation
23.
Carpenter
24.
Carpenter's
Son
25.
Chief
Cornerstone
26.
Chosen
27.
Chosen
of God
28.
Christ
29.
Christ
Child
30.
Christ
of God
31.
Christ
the Lamb
32.
Comforter
33.
Consolation
of Israel
34.
Cornerstone
35.
Counsellor
36.
Creator
37.
Creator
of All Things
38.
Deliverer
39.
Divine
Son
40.
Door
of the Sheep
41.
Emmanuel
42.
End
of the Law
43.
Endless
44.
Eternal
45.
Eternal
Father
46.
Eternal
God
47.
Eternal
Head
48.
Eternal
Judge
49.
Eternal
Judge of Quick and Dead
50.
Everlasting
Father
51.
Example
52.
Exemplar
53.
Faithful
and True
54.
Father
55.
Father
of Heaven and Earth
56.
Finisher
57.
Finisher
of faith
58.
First
and the Last
59.
Firstborn
60.
Firstfruits
61.
Forerunner
62.
God
63.
God
of Abraham
64.
God
of Isaac
65.
God
of Israel
66.
God
of Jacob
67.
God
of Thy Father
68.
God
of Whole Earth
69.
God's
Anointed
70.
God's
Holy Child Jesus
71.
Good
Shepherd
72.
Governor
73.
Great
I AM
74.
Great
God
75.
Great
Shepherd
76.
Head
of Every Man
77.
Head
of the Body
78.
Head
of the Church
79.
Healer
80.
Heir
of All Things
81.
Holy
82.
Holy
Child
83.
Holy
Messiah
84.
Holy
One
85.
Holy
One of Israel
86.
Holy
One of Jacob
87.
I
AM
88.
Image
of God
89.
Immanuel
90.
Jehovah
91.
Jesus
92.
Jesus
Christ
93.
Jesus
of Galilee
94.
Jesus
of Nazareth
95.
Joseph's
Son
96.
Judge
97.
Judge
of Quick and Dead
98.
Just
One
99.
Just,
The
100.
King
101.
King
of Israel
102.
King
of Kings
103.
King
of Zion/Sion
104.
King
of the Jews
105.
Lamb
106.
Lamb
of God
107.
Life,
the
108.
Light
of the World
109.
Light,
the
110.
Lion
of the Tribe of Juda
111.
Living
Bread
112.
Living
Stone
113.
Living
Water
114.
Lord
115.
Lord
from Heaven
116.
Lord
God
117.
Lord
God Almighty
118.
Lord
God of Hosts
119.
Lord
Jehovah
120.
Lord
Jesus
121.
Lord
of All
122.
Lord
of Dead
123.
Lord
of Glory
124.
Lord
of Hosts
125.
Lord
of Living
126.
Lord
of Lords
127.
Lord
of the Sabbath
128.
Lord
Omnipotent
129.
Lord
our Righteousness
130.
Lord's
Christ
131.
Maker
132.
Man
of Counsel
133.
Man
of Holiness
134.
Master
135.
Mediator
136.
Meek
and Lowly
137.
Messenger
of the Covenant
138.
Messiah
139.
Messias
140.
Mighty
God
141.
Mighty
One
142.
Mighty
One of Israel
143.
Mighty
One of Jacob
144.
Minister
145.
Most
High God
146.
Nazarene
147.
Offspring
of David
148.
One
Body
149.
Only
Begotten
150.
Only
Begotten of the Father
151.
Only
Begotten Son
152.
Our
Passover
153.
Physician
154.
Power
of God
155.
Prince
156.
Prince
of Life
157.
Prince
of Peace
158.
Prophet
159.
Prophet
of Nazareth
160.
Propitiation
for Sins of Whole World
161.
Rabbi
162.
Redeemer
163.
Redeemer
of Israel
164.
Redeemer
of the World
165.
Resurrection
and the Life
166.
Revealer
167.
Righteous
Judge
168.
Righteous
Man
169.
Rock,
the
170.
Rock
of Heaven
171.
Root
of Jesse
172.
Sacrifice,
the
173.
Savior
174.
Savior
of Israel
175.
Savior
of the World
176.
Second
Comforter
177.
Seed
of Abraham
178.
Seed
of David
179.
Seed
of the Woman
180.
Servant
of Jehovah
181.
Servant
of the Lord
182.
Shepherd
183.
Son
184.
Son
of Abraham
185.
Son
of David
186.
Son
of God
187.
Son
of Man
188.
Son
of Mary
189.
Son
of Righteousness
190.
Son
of the Blessed
191.
Son
of the Eternal Father
192.
Son
of the Everlasting God
193.
Son
of the Highest
194.
Son
of the Living God
195.
Son
of the Most High God
196.
Spiritual
Rock
197.
Stem
of Jesse
198.
Teacher
Come from God
199.
True
Vine
200.
Truth,
the
201.
Unchangeable
One
202.
Way,
the
203.
Well
Beloved
204.
Wisdom
of God
205.
Wonderful
206.
Word
of Life
207.
Word,
the
208.
Worthy
From: G-r
Kevin,
Take a look
http://www.fossilizedcustoms.com/transliteration.html
P.S. This is a young lady that was
raised SDA
----- Original Message -----
From: Alnn
Subject: The importance of
HIS NAME
I have discovered that many of the foundations of my
faith were not rocks of truth, but rather the sands of lies, deception,
corruption and paganism. While part of the problem stems from false doctrines
which have crept into the Christian religion, it also had to do with
anti-Semitism, which has really been a way for the Christian religions to strip
away anything ‘Jewish’.
In Jeremiah 16:21 it reads; “Therefore behold, I will
this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know My hand and My might; and
they shall know that My Name is LORD” … by the way LORD is a title not HIS
NAME… won’t many people be crying out “Lord, Lord” and be told that He never
knew them? It is obvious that you should know someone’s name in order to have a
relationship with them. But why do we change this ideal when it comes to HIS
NAME? Can you really say you know someone if you do not know their name? After
all it is written in the TEN Commandments; I AM YAHUAH your ELOHIM, who brought
you out of land of Egypt (sin), out of the house of bondage. You shall have no
other el’s before ME.
“Hear, O Israel, YAHUAH our ELOHIM, YAHUAH is one!”
(Deuteronomy 6:4) There is no other name. Of course there are many spellings
and ways HIS NAME is being pronounced but I suppose my point here is USE
anything BUT the pagan names and prayer HE will lead you to clarity and
corrective-ness in this manner. It is going to count
one day!
We must investigate what ‘in vain’ really means. When
ELOHIM commanded “Not to take HIS NAME in vain….” Which is the Third
Commandment… most of us were taught this is simply to not swear or use HIS NAME
in a disrespectful manner. Yes it is certainly an aspect of this command but
when we go deeper in the meaning of ‘vain’ we find it to also mean, desolating,
uselessness, emptiness, for naught. Bring it to naught, is exactly what has
been done over the centuries would you not agree? It has been supressed and supressed for a
reason. Does this sound like a conspiracy? Well the Prince of Darkness would
love for us to continue in our deceived, distracted and infected ways.
Zephaniah 3:9 “For then I will restore to the peoples
a pure language, that they all may call on the name of
Yahuah, to serve HIM with one accord”. There is a lot
of talk about restoration, restoration of a temple, restoration of this earth
and HIS people… but also there is a work of restoring HIS NAME. We will serve
HIM in one accord using HIS right name.
A few verses for your consideration…
Malachi 3:6 “For I AM Yahuah,
I do not change…”
Acts 4:12 “Nor is there salvation in any
other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by
which we must be saved.”
John 17:26 “And I have declared to them YOUR NAME, and
will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me
may be in them, and I in them”.
The ‘name study’ has got me thinking… the significance
of the annual feasts, keeping Torah, keeping Sabbath, when does the day begin,
Daniel/Revelation, the Daily, No Trinity,…. Use of HIS NAME… really leads me
back to the Revelation 14: 6 The Proclamations of Three Angels. Don’t most of
these topics have to do with these messages? WHO we worship,
HOW we worship and WHEN we worship… and the FOURTH ANGEL will proclaim these
messages EVEN LOUDER… “Come out of her, my people…” (Revelation 18: 4).