THE NAZAREAN TIMES
Written by Steve Marlowe
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THE TRUE NAME OF SALVATION HAS BEEN FOUND!
~ A Christian leader was arrested and placed on trial, and what he testified to was startling. The apostle Peter gave this testimony: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Upon hearing the name, the reaction of the Sanhedrin Court in Jerusalem was extreme. The apostles were forbidden to teach or say the name of salvation, the one name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved: FORBIDDEN!
Why forbidden? Apparently, since the Babylonian invasion of the Kingdom of Judah in 587 BC, the Jews have been hiding the name of God from the Gentiles (non-Jews) for fear of the Gentiles profaning the name of God.
Inquiring minds want to know: “What is the one and only name of salvation revealed from God?” To find out, we turn to another Nazarean leader, the apostle Paul (Acts 24:5). Paul is an associate of the apostle Peter. (The title of “apostle” is from the Greek word “Apostolos”, a “person sent”, to be an apostle is to be one directly sent, or commissioned, by Christ). Before he became an apostle, his name was Saul, and he persecuted the Christians. What caused him to change? It started on the road to Damascus when he “saw a light from heaven,” and encountered the Lord, who asked him in the Hebrew language, “Why do you persecute Me?” Paul called Saul at the time, and asked, “Who are You Lord?” The Lord answered him in Hebrew giving His name. For more on the conversation of the apostle Paul and the Savior, read all about it in Acts 26.
What was the name given to Paul on the road to Damascus?
We have a clue given in one of the apostle Paul’s epistles, where he writes: “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name…” (Philippians 2:9).
What is the name which is above every name? And, why is this name so important?
Before we pursue the name, let us look at why the name is so important by looking at the essence of the Gospel found in John 3:16-18, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ‘He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.’”
It appears to reject this one revealed name under heaven given for salvation among men is to stand condemned! The difficulty for many is the changeability of language in that God’s revealed name has been changed. In the Bible we have Jesus, however, this name has only existed since the 17th century. We find a different name in the 1611 English Version of the Bible, for it is not the name Jesus (gee-sus), but rather the name Iesus (ee-sus). Where did Iesus come from? From Iesous, which is a transliteration of Yeshua. This is the difficulty, there are four different names, and none of them are given under heaven. Some say the English name for the Savior should be Joshua. The Italians and Spanish have different names as well (Gesu and Hey-zeus). Now the count of names is up to seven, so which is the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved? Clearly, the Heavenly Father revealed a certain name, and apparently, we have lost the name of salvation through linguistic evolution serving to hide the true and only name of salvation. To continue the search for the revealed name from heaven, that the apostles knew, we again begin our search for the name which is above every name. In the Bible, one man, Moses, asked for God’s name. “Then Moses said to God, ‘Indeed when I come to the children of Israel and say to them,’ ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What isHis name?’ what shall I say to them?’ And God said to Moses, “HAYAH ASHAR HAYAH,” that is in English, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord 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, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). As one can see, “I AM” means “YAH.” Ironically, all over the world, this expression is known, as Halleluyah, which means, “Praise YAH!”
Behold the name which is above every name: YAH!
Before the birth of Christ, an angel came to Joseph between the years of 7 and 4 BC, and said to him, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 12:21). YAHSHUA means, “I AMSalvation.” And this name was given from heaven, and it was a commandment from the Father, “You shall call His name YAHSHUA…” This name, YAHSHUA, has “the name which is above every name.” The meaning of ‘shua’ is, “My help,” or “Salvation.” The apostle Paul actually meant, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA, every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). One can see, it was, “YAHSHUA said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM {YAH}’” (John 8:58).
What have we learned: 1) The name which is above every name is “YAH.”
2) Every tongue, every language, is to know this one name “YAHSHUA.”
3) The Savior told the people that He is “YAH.”
4) YAHSHUA is the only name by which we must believe and be saved.
The prophet Isaiah testifies to the name of salvation, he writes, “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV). In Psalm 68:4 (NKJV), “Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name Yah, And rejoice before Him.” Good News Flash: Behold, the one and only revealed name for our salvation: “YAHSHUA!”
Any name not revealed by God for our salvation is a counterfeit name, for there is only one name by which we must be saved. Halleluyah, Praise YAH! Praise YAHSHUA!
