YahwehShua: The Hope of Israel

Luke relates a very interesting statement from Paul in Acts 28:20:

“For this cause therefore have I called you, to see you, and speak to you: because that for THE HOPE OF ISRAEL I am bound with this chain.”

What is this ‘hope of Israel” that he is referring to?

Jeremiah will answer this question for us in Jeremiah 14: 7-8:

O Yahweh, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

Jeremiah identifies Yahweh as the Hope of Israel and also as the Saviour.

I have demonstrated in other articles that the Yahweh of the Hebrew Scriptures is Yahweh, the Son.  For example, John 5:37:  “and the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.  Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.”  This means that the Yahweh that Moses, Abraham, Joshua (Yahshua) and others saw and conversed with was not the Father, but the Son.  The Father has never interacted with man, only the Son.

Therefore, the Yahweh spoken of as the Hope of Israel has to be the Son.  The Son is also the Saviour.  Remember, Yahweh, the Son, left his previous glory to become a man (John 17:5.)  He became the man, Yahshua, died on a tree, “redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us” and had his name blotted out (Deuteronomy 29:20.)

Remember, Paul was a well-educated Pharisee who knew the law and customs very well.  When he encountered Messiah on the road to Damascus, the Messiah spoke to him in Hebrew (Acts 26:14.)  This was well after the resurrection so Messiah had inherited his more excellent name (Hebrews 1:4.)  Paul spent three years after this encounter learning from Messiah (Galatians 1:17.)  Paul would have known to whom he was speaking.  He would not have spoken to the Messiah in Greek, nor would he address him as Yahshua.  He would have used the Messiah’s more excellent name, YahwehShua.  This is the same name that Jeremiah was referring to when he said, “the hope of Israel, the Saviour.”  Now we know that the hope of Israel is Yahweh Saviour, YahwehShua.

Jeremiah has more to teach us about the hope of Israel.  Let’s read Jeremiah 17:13:  “O Yahweh the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the fountain of living waters.”

Notice that Yahweh is again called the hope of Israel but also the fountain of living waters.  This reference is also found in Revelation 7:17:  “For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall find them, and shall lead them unto the fountain of waters…”  Now we know that Yahweh, the Son, is the hope of Israel, the fountain of living waters, the Lamb in the midst of the throne as well as being YahwehShua (Yahweh Saviour.)

However, this verse in Jeremiah 17 offers a very sobering thought as well.  It is not wise to forsake, be ashamed of or depart from the hope of Israel, YahwehShua, the Lamb.  Those who make the wrong choice will have their names written in the earth.  We, who wish to answer our call and overcome, will desire to have our names written in the Lamb’s book of life, not simply in the earth.  We desire to be in the Kingdom, not on the outside looking in! 

Remember what we are told in Hebrews 10:26-31:

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of Yahweh, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith Yahweh. And again, Yahweh shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.

Notice that verse 27 referred to “fiery indignation.”  What could this be?  Perhaps, Revelation 20:15 can give us an insight:  “and whosoever was not found in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”  The lake of fire is also known as the second death.  The second death can be avoided if you are in the better or first resurrection (Rev. 20:6.)

The time period from Pentecost in Acts 2 until Messiah returns is our day of judgment.  The rest of mankind will face their judgment in the last great day, during the 100 years after the millennium.  Therefore, if we are called, baptized in YahwehShua, and overcome to the end, we will be among the 144,000 when YahwehShua returns.  Should we turn back and depart from the faith, we will face that fiery indignation in the lake of fire.

After the lake of fire, we would be resurrected in the new heavens and earth.  Not one human life ends in eternal death.  All are resurrected!  Some will be in the kingdom; most will not.

If you are reading this and are attracted to the message on our website, thelightofyahwehshua.com, you may be being called.  If you have an interest in being in the better resurrection and avoiding the lake of fire, you may wish to learn more about the truth of YahwehShua.   If you wish to submit a question or comment, please email our Elder at john12e4567@gmail.com. After reading this article, you may wish to pray for truth to Yahweh, the Father.  If you are being called, he will lead you to the Son (John 6:44.)  May Yahweh bless your journey to the better resurrection.

The Doctrine of Messiah and the Feasts of Yahweh

Messiah, in the Sermon on the Mount, said this in Matthew 5:17, “Think not that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets:  I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.”  How did he fulfill the law?

James tells us in chapter 2:8 that there is a Royal Law.  The Royal Law consists of the Ten Commandments.  Messiah gave them to Moses for the benefit of Israel.  (Ex. 20:1-17)  In addition to the Royal Law, Moses gave us the Levitical Law, which “was added because of transgressions”, Galatians 3:19.

Messiah gave his apostles some insights that magnified the Royal Law, and modified the Levitical Law.  For example, Abraham was told that all males should be circumcised (Gen. 17.)  This requirement became codified in the Law of Moses, or the Levitical Law (Ex. 12:48.)  However, the new covenant removed this requirement and instituted circumcision without hands in baptism (Col. 2:11.)

Passover was changed as well.  The meal was no longer required.  Emblems such as leavened bread and fruit of the vine were introduced.  Further, Messiah instituted the foot washing ceremony.  He said he came as a servant and demonstrated this by washing his disciples’ feet.

John the Baptist baptized with water.  However, when John baptized Messiah, the Spirit of Yahweh descended as a dove.  His disciples were baptized like Messiah with the name of Yahweh.  However, the Spirit was not given until Pentecost.  Thereafter, all who wish to respond to the call to the kingdom must be baptized in the name of the Father and Son, YahwehShua (Matt. 28:19) and have hands laid on them for the down payment of the Spirit.

The requirement to keep the Sabbath is very much in force.  Messiah taught in the synagogues on the Sabbath, as did Paul.  This did not change.

Leviticus 23 calls the weekly Sabbath a Feast of Yahweh and introduced seven other annual Sabbaths as well. 

These seven annual Sabbaths are required under the Levitical law:

First High Day of Unleavened Bread, Second High Day of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Feast of Trumpets (Day of Shouting), Day of Atonement (Coverings), First High Day of Feast of Tabernacles, and the Last Great Day.

Yahweh’s Passover is not a Sabbath but is a required Feast day. 

These feast days are named and explained in Leviticus 23, Numbers 29 and Deuteronomy 16.  Are there changes here as well?

For this answer, let us examine the Doctrine of Messiah that is revealed to us in Hebrews 6:1-2:

Therefore leaving the principles [1] of the doctrine of Messiah, let us go onto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward Elohim [Passover, First High Day of Unleavened Bread], doctrine of baptisms, and laying on of hands [Last High Day of Unleavened Bread (water baptism) and Pentecost [baptism of the Spirit], the resurrection of the dead [The Feast of Trumpets (Shouting)], and of eternal judgment [the Last Great Day].

This instruction written by Paul gives us further understanding about keeping the feasts introduced in the Levitical Law.  Remember that Paul communed with Messiah for three years after his call on the road to Damascus (Gal. 1:16-18).  Paul was a very learned Pharisee, who knew the Levitical Law extremely well.  He was most qualified to receive further understanding.

Now, is this new understanding revealed by Paul in Hebrews important?  John answers this in 2 John 1:9:  “Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the Doctrine of Messiah hath not Elohim.  He that abideth in the Doctrine of Messiah, he hath both the Father and the Son.”

Do we need both the Father and Son?  John answers this in 1 John 2:22-23: 

Who is a liar but he that denieth that YahwehShua is the Messiah?  He is anti-messiah, that denieth the Father and the Son.  Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:  [but] he that acknowedgeth the Son hath the Father also.

John also recites the importance of both the Father and Son in Rev. 14:1 where the Greek actually states that the 144,000 had the name of him (Messiah) and the name of the Father of him written in their foreheads.  The King James Version (KJV) leaves out very significant information.

Matthew addresses this further in chapter 28:19:  “Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing in the name [singular] of the Father and the Son.”  The KJV includes the Holy Spirit but many scholars recognize this as a later addition or gloss.

Yes, the Doctrine of Messiah is a very important fulfillment of the law.  John offers a warning in 2 John 1:10:  “If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him NOT into your house, neither [the Greek literally reads,] ‘say a greeting to him.’”

John has some very strong words to say about the importance of the Doctrine of Messiah.  I believe we have been negligent in recognizing its importance.  We, of the Light of YahwehShua, repent of that ignorance, and will henceforth submit to the Doctrine of Messiah.

In all my years in organized religion, the Doctrine of Messiah has, by my experience, been overlooked.  A brother, George Gabler, who also taught me about the name of YahwehShua, first revealed it to me.  Thank you, George!

What is different about the Doctrine of Messiah?  When you compare Hebrews 6:1-2 with Leviticus 23, you will find some significant differences.  Yes, Passover, the first and second High Days of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Feast of Trumpets/Shouting, and the Last Great Day (eighth day of the feast) are still required.  However, the Day of Atonement/Coverings and the Feast of Tabernacles are missing.  Why?  They are no longer required under the new covenant.

We of the new covenant are called to recognize that the revised list found in Hebrews 6:1-2 is very significant for us.  YahwehShua, Yahweh our Salvation, has an important connection to Passover, Unleavened Bread and Pentecost.  Feast of Trumpets is the day of OUR resurrection.  The Last Great Day is the resurrection of all humans not in the better resurrection.

The Levitical feast days will be reinstated during the 1,000 years.  These will include the Day of Coverings/Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles.  Those keeping Tabernacles will require temporary dwellings.  Those keeping the Day of Coverings will be fasting.

We already have temporary dwellings.  Peter says we are tabernacles and Paul says we are temples.  Why?  The answer is because Messiah dwells within us.  The Israelites of the old covenant did not have the indwelling Spirit of Messiah as we do.  Those in the 1,000 years will  not have the indwelling spirit.  The indwelling Spirit will again be available in the Last Great Day.

Now, how about Atonement/Coverings?  I refer you to Mark 2: 18-22:

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? And Yahshua said unto them,-- Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment:else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles:else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred:but new wine must be put into new bottles.

Notice the Pharisees and disciples of John were concerned about the disciples of Yahshua not fasting.  Messiah said, “as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.”  Messiah eventually left them for a while.  Then they prayed and fasted.  However, since Pentecost, we have the Spirit of Messiah being formed within us.  He is with us at all times.  He is our constant advocate with the Father and we can petition the Father without ceasing in his name.  We are reconciled by his blood but are saved by his life (the name of YahwehShua).  See Romans 5:10.

Hebrews 6 reveals the absence of the requirement to observe Yom Kippurim.  Romans 5:11 tells us why this change was necessary:  “and not only so, but we also joy in Yahweh through our Sovereign, YahwehShua Messiah, by whom we have now received the atonement.”  [covering or reconciliation]  The world, including those who are to be in the better resurrection, are NOW covered by his precious blood.  We, in this age, are not required to observe Yom Kippurim.  Participation in this annual Sabbath places you under the old covenant.  We who are of the new covenant and now are the sons of Yahweh (1 John 3:2) should no longer keep the old covenant.  We need to fully embrace the new covenant.  We need to follow Paul’s revised list and not Leviticus 23.

In addition, to fully embrace the new covenant, we must not observe the Feast of Booths.  We should not keep the old covenant annual Sabbaths, Yom Kippurim and Hag Sukkot.  We do not fast; observe the days as annual Sabbaths or dwell in temporary dwellings.  They are eliminated from our calendars.

This is a very different understanding than that which is taught in the Jewish synagogues and Sacred Name Assemblies.  This sets us apart and will make us a target.  But they persecuted Messiah and they will persecute us.  We will only enter the kingdom of Yahweh with much tribulation.

We keep the feasts according to Yahweh’s calendar.  The year begins with the Spring Equinox in the Northern hemisphere and the first new moon in Jerusalem after the equinox is the first day of the month of Abib. The law goes forth from Jerusalem.

The fall (north of the equator) feasts are based on the sighting of the new moon indicating the first day of the seventh month.  This is also the Feast of Shouting/Trumpets. Twenty-three days later is the Last Great Day.

Our obligation to the Levitical Law changed with the death of Messiah and the institution of the new covenant.  Paul confirms this in Romans 3:28:  “Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.”  In the previous verse, Paul says:  “By what law?  Of works?  Nay:  But by the law of faith.”

Our being in the better resurrection is based on “Messiah in us.”  It is his righteousness that allows us to stand before the Father and enter the kingdom.  We have the name of faith, YahwehShua, and not the deeds of works of the law:  circumcision with hands, fasting, temporary dwellings (construction of booths.)

Messiah is our righteousness.  We must look to him for guidance.  Just as he guided the Israelites out of Egypt, he now guides us out of sin and the world. (1 Cor. 10:4)

Abraham is the example we need to follow.  Note what Paul says in Romans 4:1-2:  “What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before Yahweh.”  Also, Paul says in Gal. 3:29, “And if ye be Messiah’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs of the promise.”

Messiah is everything to us.  We must look to him for instruction about the law and how to manifest obedience to both He and the Father.  This is where the Doctrine of Messiah provides the instructions we are to follow.  We must pray to Yahweh in the name of YahwehShua and seek the truth.  He is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6.)

Please join me in submission to the Doctrine of Messiah.  We must have both the Father and the Son.  Keep in mind what John tells us in 2 John 1:9.  These were among his last words for us.  We must take them very seriously.  Let us become faithful students and followers of the Doctrine of Messiah.

Messiah has fulfilled the law as he promised.  We are under the law of faith (Rom 3:27), not the law of sin (Rom 7:23-25.)  We are truly the seed of Abraham, held to the same standard as he.  HalleluYah!

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[1] This refers to leaving the milk of the word, and progressing onto the meat.  The NIV translates this section as “let us move beyond the elementary teachings … and be taken forward to maturity…” We should desire a deeper understanding.

Please also see newer article, “The New Covenant Feasts of Yahweh”, entered on August, 2018.

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Are You Anti-Messiah[1]

Before you can determine if you are or are not anti-messiah, you must first understand what this word means.  John defines anti-messiah for us in 1John 2:22:  “Who is a liar but he that denieth that YahwehShua [2] is the Messiah?  He is anti-messiah, that denieth the Father and the Son.”

John continues in verse 23: “Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:  but he that acknowledgeth the son hath the Father also.”

Why is this important to have both the Father and the Son?  Rev 14:1 provides this important clue:  “And I saw, and beheld, the Lamb standing on the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand [persons] having HIS NAME and the NAME OF HIS FATHER written on their foreheads.”[3]

This is referring to the “better resurrection” which is the return of the Messiah (Hebrews 11:35).  Why is this resurrection better?  John provides this insight in Rev 20:6: 

“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection [better resurrection]:  on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of Yahweh and of Messiah, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” 

This is certainly a great opportunity.  It would be a shame to not have a part in this better resurrection.  However, if you are anti-messiah, you will be excluded. 

How do I know if I am or am not anti-messiah?  A quick check is to ask yourself whether or not you follow the Messiah’s commandment in Matthew 28:19.  He says to be baptized in the name (singular) of the Father and of the Son.   If your baptism is in the Name of YahwehShua, you have a valid baptism and therefore you know Messiah (1John 2:3).

If your baptism is in any other name, Yahshua, Jesus, Yeshua or Yehushua, you have denied the Father and the Son.  This would disqualify you from being in the better resurrection.  Paul tells us in Ephesians 4:5 that there is only “one baptism”.  Therefore we must get it right to be considered for all the blessings associated with the better resurrection.

However, a proper baptism is not a guarantee of being in the better resurrection because you can fail to overcome.  Failing to overcome puts you in the lake of fire.  This is not the desirable outcome you wish to achieve.

Without a proper baptism, you cannot even run the race.  The requirement for participation in the process of overcoming is to be immersed in the name of YahwehShua.  John 5:5 says this:  “Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth YahwehShua is the son of Yahweh.”

Belief in YahwehShua as the Messiah, whose name is inherited after his death and resurrection, is confirmation that you acknowledge the name of the Father and Son.  This is not an optional requirement but is essential to be in the race for the better resurrection.

Ephesians 4:3 exhorts us to “keep the unity of the Spirit”.  What does this unity mean?  This is what the Shema in  Deuteronomy 6:4 tells us:  “Hear, O Israel, Yahweh our Elohim is Yahweh United (one).”  The Messiah condensed this into a very personal statement quoted in John 10:30, “I and my Father are one.”

Messiah desires that we also should be part of the unity shared by the Father and Son.  This desire is verbalized in John 17:21:  “that they [those called, chosen, and faithful] all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they may be one in us:”

This unity with the Father and Son is required.  Ephesians 4:4-5 teaches us this:  “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.; one sovereign, one faith, one baptism…”   This unity is confirmed in the name, YahwehShua, the name of the Father and Son.

There is one sovereign, our soon coming king, YahwehShua.  There is one faith and the name of faith is YahwehShua.  This name is not found in the Scriptures because the High Priest blotted it out.  The letter “hey” was removed and that left the name, Yahshua, which is still seen.

Hebrews 11:1 describes the importance of faith:  “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”  You cannot see the name of YahwehShua, but the indicators are there for those to whom it is revealed.

Please refer to our website, thelightofyahwehshua.com, for more information about the name, YahwehShua.  According to Deuteronomy 29:20 he who is guilty of the curse of Yahweh has his name blotted out.  Galatians 3:13 tells us:  “Messiah hath redeemed us from the curse of the law” and in 2 Cor 5:21 that he was made sin for us. Messiah is the only human to die in sin.  Therefore, he is the only human to have his name blotted out.

The blotted out name, Yahshua, identifies the blood of Messiah that covered all sin and is therefore too defiled to present to the Father.  Because he lost his human name, after his death, he inherited a new name.  It is not read, but revealed.

Finally, Ephesians 4:5 says there is one baptism.  This is important.  There is only one way to enter the race for the better resurrection.  That way is the one baptism, which includes the laying on of hands and receiving the seed of the Spirit of Messiah.  The Spirit of Messiah is not fully formed, but must grow throughout your life to allow you to be resurrected in the better resurrection.  Paul confirms this in Galatians 4:19 where he reveals that Messiah must be formed in you.

Please note in Acts 19:1-5, quoted below, that the baptism of John was rejected as not being sufficient.  Only baptism in YahwehShua would suffice.  This continues to be true today.  Without baptism in YahwehShua, nothing else matters.

And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Spirit since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Spirit. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Messiah YahwehShua. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Sovereign, YahwehShua..

You can observe the Sabbaths, and the holy days, read the Scriptures, and pray to Yahweh.  This is not enough.  You must acknowledge both the name of the Father and Son.  This is a necessary and required first step that must be performed to begin the process of overcoming which can lead to the better resurrection.  Baptism in the name of YahwehShua is that first step.  If you don’t submit to this baptism, you are denying both the Father and the Son and are therefore anti-messiah.

Pray to Yahweh as you study this paper.  Ask, seek, and knock that the truth will be revealed to you.  If we can be of help, please contact us by email at lightofyahwehshua.@gmail.com.

[1] The King James Version of the Bible (KJV) uses antichrist.  Christ is the transliteration of the Greek for anointed.  Messiah is the transliteration for the Hebrew word meaning anointed.  However, the Greek has a pagan association with Chrestus, a cult that had been in existence centuries before the Messiah walked the earth.  This is considered to be the origin of the word, Christian.  We wish to avoid any association with Christianity or the Chrestus cult.  Therefore we choose to use anti-messiah instead.

[2] The Greek word is Ihsous.  This is also found in the Septuagint (LXX) for Joshua, Moses’ assistant.  The Hebrew would be Yahshua as there is no “J” in Hebrew or Greek.  However, the name referred to in this verse is the inherited name (Hebrews 1:4).  The human name, Yahshua, was blotted out because Messiah bore all the curses of sin (Gal. 3:13), thus Messiah died in sin (2Cor 5:21).  By taking on all curses and dying in sin, his name was blotted out (Deut 21:22-23; 29:20).  His human name was attached to and identified with his human life that was associated with the blood.  Life is in the blood (Lev 17:11).  The name he inherited was YahwehShua.  Yahweh blotted his human name out of the book of life.  The high priest blotted out his inherited name from the temple scrolls by removing the letter, “hey”.  Therefore, YahwehShua (Yahweh Savior) is the correct name because Yahshua (Yah Savior) is the defiled, blotted out name.

[3] The KJV does not translate all of the Greek words in this passage.  The KJV states, “having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.”  However, the Greek text (Emphatic Diaglott) states : having the name of him and the name of the Father of him on the foreheads of themselves.”

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Is the Word of Yahweh Wrong?

I am aware that there are errors in the translated words of the Hebrew Scriptures.  But do the Hebrew Scriptures themselves have significant errors?

Deuteronomy 21:22 tells us:  “And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:…”

This seems to describe what happened to Messiah Yahshua.  Peter tells us in 1Peter 2:24 that “… his [Messiah’s] own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree…”  That Messiah was hung on a tree and not a cross is confirmed in other passages as well.

My concern is in Chapter 29 of Deuteronomy.  In verse 18, we learn that “…should there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe whose heart turneth away this day from Yahweh our Elohim,…”  This is what happened to Messiah.  He willingly chose to bear all the sin of mankind.  Therefore, he became that person this verse refers to.

If I am understanding this verse correctly and how it refers to Messiah as the only one to bear all the sins of the world, then verse 20 really concerns me.

Deuteronomy 29:20 says:  “Yahweh will not spare him, but then the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and YAHWEH SHALL BLOT OUT HIS NAME FROM UNDER HEAVEN.’

Did this happen to Yahshua?  Was his name blotted out?  His name is still written in the Greek scriptures.  It does not seem to be missing and therefore not blotted out.  How can this be?

Acts 4:12 says:  “Neither is there salvation in any other:  for there is NONE OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

According to the Torah in Deuteronomy 29:20, the name Yahshua was blotted out.  But according to Acts 4:12 there is no “other name under heaven” by which we can be saved. 

If Messiah died in sin for ALL mankind, he was the only human to do so.  Why?  John tells in John 1:29:  “… Behold, the Lamb of Yahweh which taketh away the sin of the world.”

Notice also in 1 John 1:7:  “… the blood of Yahshua Messiah his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

So Messiah took on all sin for all mankind.  No one else had to die in sin.  He was the only human to die in sin.  He was also hung on a tree and not a cross.  Yahshua Messiah is the only human to fulfill the Torah!

I acknowledge that at the time of his death, his name was Yahshua.  But what was his name upon resurrection?  His human name was blotted out, gone, no longer recognized by the Father.  Yet, he had to have a new name after resurrection.

We need to know what his name became after the resurrection.  Why?  Because Yahshua told us that “whatsoever ye shall ask in MY NAME, that will I do …” and again, “If ye shall ask any thing in MY NAME, I will do it. (John 14:13-14).

In 1 John 3:23, we are told to “… believe in the NAME of His Son Yahshua Messiah [the anointed] …”.  In fact, in the next verse, 24, we are told “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him…”  We are commanded to use his name.  Which name?

Yahshua, the Lamb of Yahweh, having been defiled by all the sins of the world, could not use his blotted out name before the Father.  Why?  Again the answer is in the Torah.  In Exodus 12:5, we are told the Passover lamb that was sacrificed before Yahweh had to be without blemish.  Yahshua died without having sinned himself.  (1 Peter 2:22.)

However, he could not go before his Father having a name defiled with sin.  He needed a new, clean name.  After death he inherited a new name. (Hebrews 1:4)  What is that name?  We need to know.  Our eternity rests on this knowledge.  What is His name in the resurrection?  It cannot be the sin-stained, defiled name of Yahshua.

You will not be able to find this name in the Scriptures.  Why?  It is the revealed name of salvation; the name of faith.  The name is revealed and is now available to you. 

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Messiah Had Two Names: One Defiled, One Exalted

What a remarkable assertion:  Messiah had two names!  I am not counting Jesus, or Yeshua versus Yahshua.  I believe Yahshua was His human name, but He must have had a second name later.

What would make me think this?  In Matthew 7:22-23 Messiah is teaching and proclaiming this interesting statement:

Many will say to me in that day, Sovereign, Sovereign, 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.

These people, who thought they were true disciples of Messiah, were blind-sided with the revelation that they were workers of iniquity and not to be recognized by Him.  They called on His name to prophesy, cast out devils and perform wonderful works.  They must have done something wrong.  What was it?

Perhaps they were not authorized to use His name?  However, in John 14, He exhorts us to use His name.  In verse 13, He says:  “And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”  Again in verse 14, He says:  “If ye shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it.”

Messiah spoke these words before His death.  Did something change after His death?  Paul tells us in Philippians 2:9:  Wherefore Yahweh hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a Name which is above every name.

Again, Paul tells us this in Hebrews 1:4:  “Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”

There it is!  A change did occur after death.  He inherited a new name.  This was more excellent and exalted above the human name, Yahshua, which He was given at birth.

This is significant!  We do not want to be shunned by Messiah.  We desire to hear “well done, good and faithful servant.”

Notice in Matthew 25, Messiah told the parable of the wise and foolish virgins.  In verse twelve, He says, “I know you not.”  This chilling statement is similar to what He said in Matthew 7:23, “I never knew you.”

In this parable, we learn that the wise virgins had something the foolish ones did not have.  Both groups began with lamps containing oil.  But the wise virgins carried an additional container with oil.  When the bridegroom came, the wise had the oil necessary to enter the wedding supper.  The foolish did not.

In the Song of Solomon 1:3, we are informed:  “Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.”  The word, ointment, is from the Hebrew in Strong’s Concordance, 8081, which means olive oil.  The name is compared to oil. 

The wise virgins and foolish virgins started out with the same oil (name) in their lamps.  But the wise ones carried additional oil (or name), which the foolish did not have.  The foolish were not able to enter because they lacked the other oil or the other name.

The oil in the lamp was the name of the Father, Yahweh.  What was the name (or oil) that the wise had but not the foolish?  They had the name (oil) that allowed them to enter the wedding supper.  They did not hear, “I know you not.”

Is it all right to be half right?  To know the Father’s name but not the Son’s name?  Please note that in Revelation 14:1, the 144,000 virgins who were in the better resurrection had both the Father’s name and the Son’s name on their foreheads.

Now the KJV refers only to the Father’s name.  However, this is not a correct translation.  The Greek actually reads, “having the name of him and the name of the Father of him.”

These 144,000 are in the better resurrection after Messiah returns and will therefore attend the wedding supper.  They would also have prophesied, cast out devils, and performed wonderful works, but in the “inherited name” of Messiah, not His human name.

The five foolish virgins did not have the “inherited name” nor did those in Matthew 7.  The human name was defiled when Messiah died in sin.  Deuteronomy 29:20 explains that he who dies in sin has his name blotted out.  Only one human died in sin and that was Yahshua, the Messiah.  Therefore, that name could not have been the name referred to in Acts 4:12:  “there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

It is interesting to note that we find ourselves in a similar situation as the Jews when Pilate proposed the release of Barabbas, the thief, or Yahshua, the Messiah (Matthew 27:15-26.)

They too had to choose between two names.  One was Bar Abbas (Yahshua, son of the Father) or Yahshua (son of a soldier.)  We are reminded in John 8:41 that the Rabbis had taught that Yahshua the Messiah was the illegitimate son of a Roman soldier.

Yahshua was a common name.  A thief had this name, which was defiled with sin.  The Messiah, who was without sin and the true Son of the Father, also had this name.

The Jewish people were confused by the similarity of the names.  They heard “son of the Father” for one and identified the other Yahshua as an illegitimate Jew fathered by a Roman soldier.  They were misinformed and therefore deceived.

Those who do not acknowledge the inherited name of Messiah and therefore choose the human name are also deceived.  As the Torah confirms in Deuteronomy 29:20, His human name is blotted out.  With the loss of this defiled human name a new unblemished name is required (Hebrews 1:4.)

We must not make the same mistake as the Jews who stood before Governor Pilate.  We must choose well.  Our eternal life depends on it!

Without this additional oil, you will not be in the better resurrection and attend the wedding feast.   Please pray for truth to Yahweh, study this information and search the Scriptures.  Please ask, seek and knock.

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