What's In a Name?

What's In A Name
How & Why Satan Changed The Name Of Our Savior
The Cleansing Of The Bride Message Series
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008
What's In A Name Why Satan Changed The Name Of The MessiahAnd How We Bought The Lie
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. (19) Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. (20) But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. (21) And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. - Matthew 1:18-21
This is very important: Did you notice, the angel of the Lord was sent to Joseph with the name that he was to call the Messiah, a name delivered from God in Heaven? This is because the name of the Messiah was very important, if not, Yahweh would not have sent an angel to command Joseph what to call the child. Any name would have sufficed if the name was not important - but, as we can see, God Himself sent the angel to command Joseph what to call the child upon his birth. What was that name? Was it the name, Jesus, as it states in most every bible? And if the name was not, Jesus, who could have been so bold as to literally change a name that was sent down from God in Heaven, and how could they justify such an arrogant undertaking as to change the name that God Himself had personally chosen? Did they believe that the name that was sent by God was not good enough or could be somehow improved upon by man? Did they errantly believe that God would approve of man changing the name of His son from the name that He specifically chose and commanded His son to be named? If God chose the name and commanded that his name be what He told to Joseph, is it not obvious, that if any man who took it upon himself to change that Heavenly name to something other than what God chose and commanded, would be in overt rebellion and violation of God's commandment given to Joseph!
This message is so important for all Christians to know.
What you have just read in the above passage is from the King James version of the bible, and is what is in most all versions of the bible. What you have just read is NOT what the angel of the Lord said to Joseph in the dream, but is one of the most important errors that needs to be corrected immediately, that the King James translators and all others who followed made. They literally took it upon themselves to change the name of the Messiah from what God commanded Him to be called to another, man invented name, they put it in all caps; the name JESUS.
What the angel of the Lord was commanded to tell Joseph is, You shall call his name, YAHUSHUA, which means in Hebrew, Yahweh will save His people, as the angel of the Lord made perfectly clear by his closing statement. The name Jesus, invented in the 16th century, is a name that is stripped of this meaning and most importantly has stripped the power and authority of the one true name from the Christian church. This was obviously Satan's doing, and as obvious an error that it is, this Satanic deception has worked and succeeded for hundreds of years, that is — until now.
Now I am going to touch on a subject that is truly baffling to me, that God's people cannot seem to comprehend the importance of. We all admit that there is only one name by which man can be saved, and that the power and authority of the Christian resides in that name, but hold onto your hats my Christian brethren - somehow, someway we have crept into the deep, dark and murky waters of falsehood and have lost our power and authority of that name, and by so doing, we have taken it upon ourselves to excuse this lack of power and authority in the church and replaced it with the lights, cameras and action of powerless, loud entertainment or dead and powerless denominationalism. This was not the way of the early church. The early church was empowered to do mighty works in the name of the Messiah, as granted unto them by our Savior.
What has happened, that we who are living in the endtimes, a time when the power and authority of the Most High is needed more than ever and should be even more present than in the early church? Listen and learn for you are about to hear some things that will cause many, if not most of you, great vexation, but you will be on the road to re-establishing the lost power and authority we have experienced by Satan changing our Savior's name.
It is interesting the number of believers who are returning to the true names of our God, Yahweh and His son, Yahshua. Yet many man-tradition worshipers are accusing them of being cults for doing so. Let me ask you, is it a cult that decides to call upon their God by His true name, or is it a cult that changes the true name and insists upon all to call Him by their new, man-made name?
Some argue that the name is unimportant, however, the scriptures wholly disagree, and in no uncertain terms. Read on, and see what the scriptures say about how important it is for us to know and speak Their true names. In this time we are living in, it is of the utmost importance —rather we like it —or not, as it is the spirit of Elijah, manifested through the agency of the Holy Spirit, that has come upon the earth to restore all things, according to the prophecy, before the return of the Messiah, Yahshua, and a return to calling our heavenly Father and His Only begotten by their God-given names was inevitable.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS VERY IMPORTANT POINT
No one has or will go to hell for calling the Savior, Jesus or the Father, God. So do not believe that your grandmother, grandfather, even sisters or brothers who may have already left this earth, believing the Savior's name was Jesus are not saved. So if one can be saved even by using these man-made names, what is the big deal of knowing their true names? It is important for a soldier to know and use his weapon on the battlefield, not when he returns home. In other words, to be effective in spiritual warfare while on the earth, it is important to use our most important weapon, the true name of our Messiah and not any powerless, man-made alteration of it.
Actually, Yahweh (God) and Yahushua (whom we are used to calling Jesus) couldn't care less what we call them, when we first approach the throne of grace, in our ignorance (which were all in the beginning of our relationship) as long as we call them! When we were yet babes, it is our sincerity, even in our ignorance of His name that causes Him to respond. He will teach us by the power of the Holy Spirit how to address Him and explain to us why it is important to do so. It is then up to us to either accept or reject this truth, but He will not relinquish the battle to get you out of darkness without giving you strong reasoning why you must surrender to the truth. In this surrendering, establishes the separation of the wheat from the tares, the goats from the sheep, those that remain pliable and those that have hardened their hearts in vain manmade traditions. It is after we have been given this truth that we become responsible for calling upon Him in His true name and the true name of His Son. To whom much is given, much is expected. There is no going back, and it is for our good that we understand why this is so important.
It is not for the Father or the Son's benefit that we use their real names, BUT OURS, just as taking one day off a week (the Sabbath) is for our benefit, while on earth (not in Heaven). A new recruit to the army is not expected to know anything at all about an M-16 when he reaches boot camp. That is one of the purposes of boot camp - to learn what you did not know regarding the art of war and survival on the battlefield. Thus it is with the Most High. He does not expect the new recruit to know all there is to know about conducting spiritual warfare on the first day under His command. That is the purpose for spiritual boot camp.
The unchanged name of the Savior is our only weapon and power in this life against spiritual enemies, and most of the problems we have in this physical realm emanate from the spiritual realm, including both mental and physical disease. The true name of our Savior has been exalted and given power and authority over these spiritual enemies. It is our weapon against demonic forces that hate our guts! It is our letter of authority to BIND, ARREST, CAST OUT, TO HEAL, TO BRING BACK, TO CALL DOWN, TO REBUKE,TO PROTECT! It is important only while here on battlefield-earth, for those purposes, just as surely as an M-1 Abrams Tank is only needed while on the battlefield, but not in the soldiers city, when they are at peace. Contrary to popular belief within much of the Christian Community, WE ARE NOT AT PEACE right now, and are in daily confrontations with our enemy, Satan and his demonic army of darkness!
The name of our Savior is the KEY to our success in battle. Now listen soldier of the Most High, this is important! To change a KEY in the physical realm the least bit renders that KEY ineffective in unlocking whatever it is to unlock. Is this not true? If you are unsure, why don't you try it! To change a password, if even by just one character, renders that password unusable. Is this not true? If you are unsure, why don't you try it! If we are able to understand these mundane concepts, why is the Christian Community having such a hard time understanding that THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS IN THE SPIRIT! We have not seen the power of God, nor the true demonstration of His Spirit, not like in the days of the early church, before the Greeks rendered our power void by altering our KEY, our PASSWORD, our NAME OF AUTHORITY. This is because we have taken it upon ourselves, to actually change the KEY, the PASSWORD to our very power and authority in the realm of the spirit, and as in the physical realm, to do so renders that key or password useless to the user.
No matter, we're not using His Name for its intended purpose anyway. Christians no longer conduct spiritual warfare, so what's in a name? Calling our Savior, Jesus, Josh or even Sam is just as good and better than calling Him by His God-given name, Yahshua! In that case, you are right, what's in a name if we don't use for its intended purpose anyway? To conduct spiritual warfare. This is sad, but true, and you know it. You only need a weapon if you intend to fight! Most Christians have given up on fighting long ago, but have forgotten that to become a Christian is also to become a spiritual warrior. A warrior who does not know how to use his weapon, or whose weapon has been altered and rendered inoperable or refuses to fight is already defeated.
If we are to be effective in spiritual warfare, we will have to return to the use of our Savior's true name, as their is no other name that has it's power and authority in the realm of darkness, wherein the battle resides, or are you thinking that there is so much POWER being demonstrated in the church today that there is no need to return to what we were originally taught? You KNOW that is certainly not the case. The Christian Churches of today are but empty shadows of their former glory, which was not the glory of manmade, multimillion dollar super-churches, or the pastor's fancy car(s) or our elaborately produced entertainment...but of the POWER and majesty of the demonstration of the Spirit of the Most High.
"And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power." -1 Corinthians 2:4
The Return Of The Spirit of Elijah
We must realize that our brains are EXACTLY like computers, and they have been PROGRAMMED by untruth, throughout our lives. We came into this world, Babylon, with our parents introducing us to the lies, such as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny...and...their false religious concepts. We were PROGRAMMED in falsehoods from birth.
What the Holy Spirit is doing now is bringing to us, THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH (Eliyahu)! It is, as promised the spirit of Elijah IN ACTION!!! Please excuse the exclamation points but this point is so exciting!
We Christians have forgotten what has been promised. That before Yahshua comes, both the first time and His second coming that (the spirit of) Elijah would first come and restore all things:
Malachi 4:5-6 "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."
Mark 9:11-12 "And they asked Him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah must first come? And He answered and told them, Elijah truly does come first and restores all things."
The problem is, since we have forgotten this, or think that he has already come and restored ALL things and we need no more, we do not accept the spirit of Elijah's message of restoration of all things. The Holy Spirit has restored to us the truth of our power and authority that was stripped from us by Satan causing the name to be changed - disarming and disempowering the Christian. WE'VE BEEN SHOOTING BLANKS IN A DEMONIC FIRE FIGHT! But few will hearken to this, as well as many other things that the spirit of Elijah is attempting to restore. Even though this spirit was predicted to come!
Isaiah 28 describes the ministry of the endtime spirit of Elijah through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, and how God's people will sadly reject it, to their own temporal destruction. Here is an excerpt, but the wise will read the entire chapter.
Isaiah 28:7-13
"But they also have sinned through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way. The priest and the prophet have sinned through drink; they are swallowed up by wine; they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness; no place is clean.
"Whom shall He teach knowledge? And whom shall He make to understand doctrine? Those weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; for with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people. To whom He said, This is the rest; cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. Yet they were not willing to hear.
"But the Word of Yahuweh was to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken and snared and taken."
Did you know that the word LORD in your bible used to read, YHWH or Yahweh? Did you know that the early Catholic translators of the bible replaced the name of our God with this generic title? Did not Yahweh commands us not to change one jot or tittle of his word, under the extreme edict of bringing severe curses to our lives? So why did the translators replace His name with the title BAAL, meaning LORD, causing many to forget the name of our Creator in favor of the generic title, LORD, knowing that they would be cursed? Only recently are some translations attempting to correct this horrible crime done by the translators.
“How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? But they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, who plot to cause My people to forget My name by their dreams which they tell, each one to his neighbor, as their fathers have forgotten My name and instead call Me Baal (LORD).” - Jeremiah 23:26-27
We are instructed to remain pliable in the hands of the Potter and never harden. The reason we are given this instruction is because at no time will we ever know-it-all pertaining to the things of our Creator, Yahweh, whom we erroneously only refer to by the titles of God and Lord. But their are many gods and many lords, but only One who is LORD of lords, and He has a name that He wants us to acknowledge, especially when we pray or do spiritual warfare. If we are sincere in our endeavors to please our Creator, then we must be willing to worship Him in spirit and in TRUTH and not in falsehoods and vain, manmade or man-altered traditions, lest we worship and know not what.
“You worship you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews (Yahudim). But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
- John 4:22-24
If we are commanded to worship the Father in spirit and in truth, then we also must call Him by His name, according to HIS instructions (not mine), and not merely by generic titles that pertain to many gods and many lords, including man and Satan, who are both referred to as gods and lords.
“I have said, You are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.” - Psalm 82:6
Yahshua took this one step further when He said, “...Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken...” (- John 10:34-35 abbrv)
More on this subject later, but you should understand that Yahweh, our Father does not refer to Himself as God or Lord, rather, He calls Himself, God of gods and Lord of lords, but to us, His children, He desires that we be on a first name, highly personal basis with Him, as He is our Father, not some far away and unapproachable GAWD.
“Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name.” (not His title) - Psalm 91:14
If the name of our Heavenly Father is so important to Him (and not the titles God and Lord (which He calls Baal-worship), of which there are many false and lesser gods who use these titles also), should it not also be of utmost importance to us, who are suppose to be called by His name (not His title) and suppose to KNOW His name, as He stated in Psalm 91, that is, if we truly desire to worship Him in spirit and in truth?
Why is it that Christians take this so lightly? As if our Father, Yahweh would approve of such blatant disregard of His instructions? Are we justified in the sight of Yahweh by our arrogance? Have we not sought to conform the image of Yahweh to our likeness, what is acceptable to us, rather then conforming to His instructions? How shall we stand before Him if we do not do what He says?
“...why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say?” - Luke 6:46
Now surely it is okay to call our Heavenly Father, Lord, and maybe He will accept the inappropriate title of God (which means king of the skulls-Got, which we are—a bunch of knucklehead numbskulls, who He is king of), but we must ALSO KNOW AND CALL HIM BY HIS NAME, as it is in His name and the name of His Only Begotten wherein lies our power and authority, not in the titles.
We are told that we will grow from knowledge to knowledge, but how can we grow if we become hardened. How then can our Potter continue to mold, fashion and give us further knowledge if we harden our hearts to further knowledge or corrective knowledge? How will the bride ever be without spot or blemish if she becomes stubborn and hard headed in her Babylonian false doctrine, if she refuses treatment?
It is written that in the last days knowledge would be increased, that we would start to see more and more of the revelation of our Creator and Father coming into the light. If this is so then we should expect that there would be further revelations regarding Him, our relationship with Him, as well as corrective revelations and knowledge. If this were not true, then that would mean that the bride (Christians) are already without spot or blemish—which we know is not true.
Paul said that we all see through a glass darkly, but in the book of Daniel it states that in the last days knowledge (light) shall be increased. Then it stands to reason that if we hold on to the traditions of understanding we received when we saw not only through a glass darkly, but even that being corrupted further by the pagan heresies that came out of the dark ages and unfiltered through Catholic Church, then we are going to be bound by these vain and pagan traditions, interpretations and doctrines that were only slightly understood when we saw through a glass darkly.
Though the glass is not entirely clear, in these, the last days, the glass, according to the prophecy of Daniel, is most certainly a lot clearer than in the days of Paul and extremely much clearer than the dark ages, of which most of our current spiritual understanding is derived from.
The main question is this: Do we truly desire to please our Father, Yahweh, or do we desire to please our friends, family and church?
With that, let us proceed with this subject, as it is extremely important for the Christian to KNOW these things in the perilous times we are living in, that your relationship with our 'Lord' and Savior and our Father becomes as it should be, in order to fight the extremely difficult spiritual battles that lie ahead.
There are major discussions, arguments and debates to be more precise, these days as to the true name of the Christian God and the name of His Only Begotten. There is a reason why this discussion has come about in these, the last of the last days. So what has happened recently to cause such a stir? The Holy Spirit is attempting to prepare the bride to meet her long awaited groom, but first she must be without spot or blemish. The Holy Spirit is now purging many of the errors we have carried over from the dark ages, when the church went into absolute spiritual darkness and corruption (It is important to note that this dark age period was also the period in which our bibles were translated into English) — and we are kicking and screaming at the Holy Spirit to leave us be, in our accepted and traditional darkness! We shall not change! Isn't this EXACTLY what was prophesied would happen? Yes it is.
“But they (the church leaders) also have erred through wine, and through strong drink (false doctrines;false teaching) and are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink (false doctrines;false teaching), they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness (false doctrines;false teaching), so that there is no place clean.
“Whom shall he (Yahweh) teach knowledge? (because most 'churched' Christians are so hardened in their erroneous doctrines that they refuse to accept a truth—even if it came directly from Yahweh Himself. Yahweh says that we all have so much false doctrine and false knowledge—and we have become so hardened in it, that He asks the question: Whom shall He teach knowledge? Who will receive it?) and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts (Those that are not hardened in the vain religious traditions, doctrines and precepts of man—those who Yahweh calls 'virgins', undefiled by the precepts, doctrines and teachings of men. Those who remain open to Yahweh for greater understanding; willing to put aside a false teaching regardless of what the masses think). For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: (the method in which the scriptures are understood—it is like a puzzle that must be put together, 'here a little, there a little' and the prophecies are like riddles, 'line upon line'). For with stammering (mocking) lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.”
- Isaiah 28:7-11
Who are these, THEY who would not be willing to hear? It is you and I.
As important as it is to know the name of our God and Savior's true names, because they are the absolute power of the child of God, we have cast off this revelation of the Holy Spirit as a thing of naught, a thing of disdain, and we continue to hold on to our obvious errors even though we have received the truth line upon line, precept upon precept. Who do you think He was speaking to in the above utterance? Nobody? To US! It is OUR tables that are full of vomit, false doctrines and false teachings. It is US who would be the ones unwilling to hear; unwilling to learn; unwilling to change—IT IS US that He is speaking about!
In these final days of mass, religious confusion (babel) there are many, many false gods on the scene with various names, but are all referred to as gods and/or lords by their respective religions. However, when a Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist speaks of God, they are certainly not speaking of the Christian God, yet they too are referred to as God.
The words, god and lord are not, nor have they ever been proper names — they are mere titles. Titles that have been used for the one true God, as well as Satan, demonic entities and even men. When praying, I always call upon God by His name, Yahweh or Yahuweh, but never do I address Him as God or Lord, unless in the term, my Lord Yahweh or Lord Yahuweh. This way I know that my prayers are being heard by the One True and living God, not by any of the many demonic lords (baals) and false gods (elohim) who have a legal right to respond or inhibit any petition that does not directly address Yahweh by His name! This is the importance of speaking His name.
It cannot be assumed that you are addressing Yahweh, simply because you call upon God or the Lord. Satan knows this and uses it to his advantage. This is why the patriarchs, when addressing Yahweh with His title of God would say, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to be sure that who they were addressing or praying to was the One True God, not one of the many demonic entities who also had right to the titles. Other times, the patriarchs would address him personally as Yahuweh, which was changed in the bible to LORD (BAAL).
Muslims have a name for their god. He is called very openly by every Muslim, Allah. The God of the Christian (God of gods to be more precise) also has a name, but it is beyond strange that most Christians don't even know the name of the God they serve and defer to the name of His son, Jesus as their God, but what of the Father, what is His name? Even those who do know his name hardly ever call Him by His name, as all other false religions do with their gods. Instead, and as Satan wholly desires, the One True God is addressed primarily in the generic as god and/or lord only, both which are titles that are used for any and all false gods and men.
Which lord, Christian do you serve? Which god, Christian do you serve? Satan himself is called a 'lord' and the 'god' of this world. That is why he inspires and propagates this disempowering error in addressing the one True God.
“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not...”
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
Yahuweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and of Christians has stated:
“Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.”
- Psalm 91:14
His name is not GOD! If Moses was asked by pharaoh who sent him, and he replied — God, pharaoh would have responded with - which god, for we have MANY gods. Is it Anubis, Rah, Osiris, Baal? Instead he was instructed to say I AM (hâyâh) sent him (Exodus 3:14). I AM was not God's name, but a description of His infinite nature. He later told Moses to say that YAHUWEH had sent him (Exodus 3:15).
“And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the sons of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they shall say to me, What is His name? What shall I say to them? And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM. And He said, So you shall say to the sons of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. And God said to Moses again, You shall say this to the sons of Israel, Yahuweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name FOREVER (Yahuweh), and this is My title (I AM) from generation to generation.”
- Exodus 3:13-15
His name is Y'hôwâh, spelled Yahuweh (pronounced: Yah-hoo-wah). Yahweh is a short form of the name, much like Mike is short for Michael. His Only Begotten, our Messiah was literally named after Him by the Father as, Yahushua (pronounced: Yah-hoo-shoo-wah) or the short form, Yahshua. This is all well documented in just about every Christian bible concordance and dictionary, including Strong's Concordance.
Against His command to not change or alter His word in any way, the translators have stricken His name from the scriptures, His own record, and replaced it with the generic title of LORD (Oh, but they did capitalize it). You know that doesn't even sound right to do such a thing, but the translators not only did it against the command of Yahuah, they actually boldly admit it, as if they have done nothing wrong.
“Because of a superstitious reverence to the name Yahuweh (pronounced: Yah-hoo-wah) the name of God has been rendered in the English Bible as LORD, printed in all capitals. Yahuah or Yahweh is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews.”
- Strong's H3068, Naves, Easton Dictionaries
Do you not find it strange, that though they admit to changing the scriptures, they won't correct their obvious alterations, even knowing what the scriptures state regarding those who alter His word:
“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
- Revelations 22:18-19
We are not only suppose to know His name, but we are to be called by His name. Are we?
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:14
“Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.”
- Isaiah 43:7
So what are we, Godians or Lordians? No, we call ourselves Christians, but is His name Christ? Absolutely not. Christ, believe it or not, IS ANOTHER TITLE! The word Christ means ANOINTED. You can be a christ, I can be a christ, and as we are, but to say that we are Christians alone is not being called by His name. So what are we? I thought you'd never ask.
Those Who Are Called By My Name
In heaven we are NOT called Christians, we are called Yahudim! Do you see it, there it is, the NAME OF OUR GOD AND OUR SAVIOR! YAHU-dim! We are to be called by His name, not by a title. I DIDN'T SAY...HE DID! I only use the name Christian within the text of this message because most ears are yet untrained to the true name, Yahudim.
So where did the word CHRISTIAN come from?
The word Christian is only mentioned three times in the scriptures, all three times it speaks of the name having pagan origins from the Greeks. The Greeks were the biggest challenge for the early church, as they were hardened in their false doctrine and myriad false gods. They even attempted to give credit to the miracles of Paul and Barnabas, to Zeus, a tradition that has held fast to this day.
“And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter (Zeus); and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
Then the priest of Jupiter (Zeus), which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent (tore) their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things?”
- Acts 14:11-15
You see here that the Greeks pretended that their false gods had come down in the form of the men, Paul and Barnabas. They never let go of this idea. More on how Zeus has been assimilated into the church later. All but one instance of the word Christian are used in the derogatory sense, the other just states where the name was first used, in Antioch. The word Christ-ian was an insult to the believers, like calling a black person the 'N' word, or white person, 'cracker' etc. We, in our strange and bizarre darkness, adopted this pagan-origin name and call each other Christians, much like some Black people call each other the 'N' word — we are truly a strange breed of creature.
“... And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” - Acts 11:26
This does not give credibility to the use of the name, Christian. It states that the name originated in Greece, by Greeks, not believers and is used here to explain where the bogus nickname originated. Also notice that it says THE DISCIPLES were called Christ-ians by the Greeks.
“Then (King) Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.” - Acts 26:28
Notice how King Agrippa uses the term, Christian (they pronounced it as: KRISTE-IAN as a jab), as a negative connotation. Consider the source: King Agrippa was a ruthless murderer and persecutor of the Messianic Yahudim. He murdered Yahshua's brother, James and died by being eaten by worms alive (nice guy). Consider the source of who called the Messianic Yahudim, Christ-ians in the scriptures.
The heathen would cast insults at the Yahudim, by calling them Chrïst-ians to differentiate them from the Jews who did not believe that Yahshua was the Messiah, as the word Jew is a contemporary form of the word Yahudim, which is the legitimate name for Jew.
A Jew IS NOT a race of people, as many have been misled to believe. It is a transliteration of the word, Yahudim, which describes those who worship and follow the teachings of Yahuah (YHWH). Notice I spelled His name Yahuah and not Yahuweh. Is that incorrect? Not at all, as in the Hebrew, it is the SOUND of the name, not the spelling. As children of the Most High, our power lies in our speech (the sound), as it does with the Father. What does that mean? "And God SAID, let there be light, and it was so..." This is also very important to understand about the name, Jesus, as we will get to in a moment, but it has the sound of the name Zeus at the end. More on this in a moment.
There is no 'J' in the Hebrew language. Just as the word Judah is really pronounced, Yahu-dah.
All who believe that Yahshua came in the flesh, and that He is the long awaited Messiah were grafted into Israel and became, NOT CHRIST-IANS, but were grafted into and became, YAHUDIM, followers of Yahuah, the One True Elohim (God).
To admit that we are Yahudim, the children of Yahuah, believers in Yahshua as our Messiah, is to call ourselves by the name of our God, and with this admission comes the blessings, benefits and power of being called by His name.
The Name Of Jesus
So if our Messiah's name is Yahushua where did the name JESUS come from, as it sounds nothing like YAHUSHUA or YAHSHUA. This is very true and MOST IMPORTANT. I will ask you a question, but first read these next verses of scripture:
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Mark 16:17-18 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
John 14:13-14 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
John 15:16 ...whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 16:23-24 Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Luke 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Pretty impressive list of benefits are attached in His name, wouldn't you say. But let's focus on the last verse for now, Luke 10:17. This is the primary reason we have called Him Jesus and not his true name, Yahushua. Read it again, Yahudim Warrior, I believe you will start to understand by the power of the Holy Spirit even before I explain it.
Now, come let us reason together:
If you received a most powerful and deadly weapon against your enemy, a weapon that did not have a regular trigger, but in order to fire the weapon you had to say a certain word — what would be your enemies best defense against such a weapon? Get you to change that —certain word! In this case, the name Yahushua or the short form, Yahshua.
When doing battle with the enemy I always use His full name, not the short form, so there can be no misunderstanding as to, by whose power and authority they are being bound and incarcerated.
It is by HIS NAME, Yahushua, that all Yahudim Warriors are empowered! Please, please understand this. In these last days the bride MUST make herself ready to do battle with Satanic forces to a much greater degree than ever before.
I will give you another example. In a voice imprinted password, where you give a password through your voice and a word, if you say any other word you will be denied access, correct? Let's say you have only two acceptable passwords, Yahshua and Yahushua, which are really the same name, only one is the short version, as Mike is short for Michael. When you try to gain access to whatever it is that is password protected you continue to say Jesus, what will happen? You will be continually denied access. This is what Satan has caused to happen in the spirit, to your prayers and your power, we have been denied access by the changing of the password.
The Pagan Origin Of The Name, Jesus Christ
“For there shall arise false Christos, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” - Matthew 24:24
I believe that Matthew 24:24 will answer those who have seen or experienced miracles in the name of Jesus. As you have just read, it IS possible to be healed or see great signs and wonders — NOT in the true name of the Messiah, but if we are to be acceptable to Our Father, we must snap out of this former darkness and now come into the light — so let us continue with the origin of this false name of the Messiah.
First we must realize that the name Jesus Christ is not Hebrew, but Greek. Yahshua was not a Greek, but a Hebrew. However, herein lies the root of the deceit.
The Greeks refused to give honor to a Hebrew name as the name of their Messiah. Hebrews were considered low class and uneducated peoples compared to the highly academic Greeks. They changed the name of Yahshua to one more befitting the Greek false god, Zeus. They changed the name to Ie-sous, which sounds NOTHING like Yahshua or Yahushua.
Now I want you to see something very important. Notice the Greek god's, Zeus sound at the end of the name Ie-sous. Say the name, Iesous. Say it again. Do you hear the name Zeus? Absolutely. This is a Satanic counterfeit of how the One True God's name is used in abundance in the Hebrew names. Names such as Yahudah (Judah), Eliyahu (Elijah), Ezrayah (Ezra), Nehemyah (Nehemiah) etc.
Satan had the Greeks trained to counterfeit this by adding the name of their chief god, Zeus (who of course was representative of Satan) at the end of many Greek names and false deities, such as: DionysiUS, ZacynthUS, HalicarnasSUS, DardanUS, PegaSUS, IaSUS, IasiUS, ErichthoniUS, HeSUS (which is the god of war) and finally, IeSOUS, the origin of the name, Je-SUS.
How long, how long, how long will the Bride of Christ not make herself clean, from the spots and blemishes from the old, Roman Catholic, pagan traditions and the traditions of the pagan Greeks.
What we have done is literally transliterated this blasphemous name, Ie-sous Christos, which means Hail Zeus the Messiah, into the name Jesus Christ after the Greek blasphemy, instead of retaining the original name of our Messiah, Yahushua or Yahshua. Yes, we have been duped — but thanks be to our God, Yahuah, that in these the last days, knowledge has truly been increased, as promised, and our old errors can be corrected and the Yahudim re-empowered — depending on how stiff-necked the members of the Bride of Yahshua remain to these things.
Some poor lost Christians have even been so beguiled by Satan as far as to say, that using the name Jesus has been good to them and they have been blessed with much success and riches in this name, so I'm not about to call Him by His true name— this is a totally deceived Christian, who falsely equates that gain is godliness, and will not give up their false worship because it appears to be working for them, and appeals to their carnal quest for acquisitions—even though it is false. They forget who also has the power to bless one with the things of this world, and why would he not give you material things in the name of JESUS instead of His true name, Yahushua or Yahshua, in order to keep you in darkness and out of power and no threat to him or his kingdom.
“And the devil, taking him (Yahshua) up into an high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to him, All this power will I give you, and the glory of them: for it has been given to me; and to whomsoever I will, I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be yours .” - Luke 4:5-7
So you see, the many so called blessings in the false name of Jesus are not truly blessings from Yahshua at all, but are really curses that cause the receiver to remain in darkness, thinking that the name of Jesus grants them their power and authority to amass riches, successful undertakings, limited healing's and most importantly, the name by which the Christian soldier does ineffectual spiritual warfare.
We must realize that Satan is not so concerned with blessing us with material gain, and has the power and the right to do so, as you have just read from the scriptures. His ultimate goal is to disarm the Christian soldier —and that he has done. As long as we remain in darkness of the true name, the name that causes Satan and his demonic powers to quake— the name of YAHUSHUA! Without it we are disarmed, powerless soldiers against his forces of darkness.
“Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” - Matthew 7:22-23
Why did Yahshua state this like He did, saying "in thy name" THREE TIMES? Because this is the error! They actually did NO WORKS, in His name, but in the name of Jesus. Then He says, "I never knew you", as well, they never knew Him, for if they did, they would have called Him by His name, and not that of a transliteration of the name of a pagan idol, Iesous.
Cleansing Of The Gold-Digging, Bride
The Bride of Christ is in the time of cleansing and purging, as the bridegroom soon comes for her, but as prophesied, we are being stubborn, willful and stiff-necked, brides-to-be and refuse to be submissive to our Betrothed, as we are directed by the groom, and refuse to change the errors of our past traditions and precepts —“...yet they would not hear”. We say we are the Bride of Christ, yet we refuse to take upon ourselves our husband's name— how utterly pathetic, willful and disobedient. What a bunch of gold-diggers! They seek their betrothed's riches, but refuse to take upon themselves His name.
In this spiritually dark and dangerous hour Yahuah wants us to become more empowered than ever before. For our sakes, He cannot wink at past spiritual ignorance and transgressions, due to our vain traditions established in the dark ages of the church. We are no longer in the dark ages, and now must be willing to let go of our Mystery Babylon pagan habits, and stop walking in darkness at noonday!
The bride must become without spot or blemish, not only to be acceptable to Him, but for her very survival, as the spiritual warfare against His people is about to greatly intensify. In order to fight against these stronger satanic influences, we MUST learn to speak His true name and the true name of His Son, Yahushua or Yahshua. To do any less can and will lead to failure, and possible death by the hand of the enemy, in spiritual warfare.
Italics references:
§ Strong's Hebrew Concordance for a clearer understanding of the verse.
† Inserted as a reference of what or who is being spoken of.
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