Tuesday, November 25, 2008

And You Shall Call His Name "Yahshua"...

Has anyone not heard of a Jewish Savior born of a virgin mother in the town of Bethlehem? Probably none. But, surely, not everyone knows him by his Hebrew name.

Before the conversion of Paul into the Messianic faith, he was a Roman soldier actively in pursuit of the people, men and women, who were followers of the Messiah. He went as far as the city of Damascus in Syria but before he got into any of the synagogues there, a heavenly light brighter than the sun engulfed and blinded him that he fell to the ground. As Paul recounts in Acts 26:14-15, "And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, 'Shaul, Shaul, lamah tardepheni qashe leka libeot badarbonot' (Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads). So I said, "Who are you, master?" And he said, "Anoki Yahshua asher athah rodeph" (I am Yahshua whom you are persecuting).

Remember that Yoseph (Joseph), the Messiah's foster father, was instructed by an angel through a dream to call and name Miriam's (Mary) child, who was yet to be born, as Yahshua, for the role of saving his people from their sins. Why a Hebrew name? Why not Latin, Greek, or English?

What could the hieroglyphics of the blue Sapphire Stone Tablets say about "Yahshua", the name of the Hebrew Messiah? The name Yahshua is written with 5 hieroglyphic symbols from the Sapphire Stone Tablets and those are "Yod", "He", "Shin", "Waw" and "Ayin".

Notice that the name of the Hebrew Messiah has a "Yod" and a "He" which symbols can also be found in the name of the Most High. This is not surprising, the name Yahshua is linked to the name of the Heavenly Father Yahweh (click to link to the article: What Name Should I Tell Them?). Yahshua's calling is related to the intentions of Yahweh, the Giver of Life (the meaning of "Yod-He"). And what could be the intention of the Giver of Life?

The last 3 hieroglyphic symbols "Shin", "Waw" and "Ayin" depicts more. "Shin" is symbol of fire, that which consumes, digest, breaks down and assimilates. It is a symbol of wisdom. "Waw" is symbolized by a weighing scale, a beam connecting two items of value - a price for a purchase. It symbolizes mercy and justice - mercy justifies. It symbolizes sacrifice and atonement, it relates this 2 items of value. "Ayin" is symbolized by an eye, the receptor of light, the window for the heart and mind.

"Shin", "Waw", and "Ayin" combined, prounounced "shua" means salvation. We are saved when our heart and mind perceived the light, for confusion is in darkness. We are saved when we understand because our path is made straight. We are saved when we receive mercy for our transgressions are forgiven.

The angel was right, "You shall call his name Yahshua, for he shall save his people from their sins." He is the salvation of Yahweh, and there is no other name given under heaven by which all men might be saved.