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The Name 7
By Dr. Thomas Michael
Ezekiel
33:31-33 "So they come as though they are sincere and sit before you listening.
But they have no intention of doing what I tell them to; they talk very sweetly
about loving the Lord, but with their hearts they are loving their money. You
are very entertaining to them, like someone who sings lovely songs with a
beautiful voice or plays well on an instrument. They hear what you say but
don't pay any attention to it! But when all these terrible things happen to them--as
they will--then they will know a prophet has been among them."
The reason the Holy Spirit keeps prompting me to begin this series with this passage is because there are many who have followed this man of God, this prophet, right to the edge until I began speaking on The Name. I have been entrusted with His name and I must declare it as I promised YAHVEH I would. I have tried to make it appealing to those of you who are in love with the transliteration of the name "Jesus", and have encountered much resistance.
The name "Jesus", commonly used in Christianity today, did not exist until about 500 years ago. The English name, Jesus, is a derivation from Greek "Iesous" and the Latin "Iesus" version. There was no letter 'J' in any language prior to the 14th century. The Encyclopedia Americana contains the following quote on the letter J: "The form of 'J' was unknown in any alphabet until the 14th century. Either symbol (J,I) used initially generally had the consonantal sound of Y as in year. Gradually, the two symbols (J,l) were differentiated, the J usually acquiring consonantal force and thus becoming regarded as a consonant, and the I becoming a vowel." It was not until 1630 that the differentiation became general in England. Note, in the original 1611 version of the King James Bible, there was no letter "J" because the letter was not commonly used at that time. James was spelled Iames. Jesus was spelled Iesous. There is no letter "J" or even the sound of the letter "J" in the Hebrew alphabet. I
n the New Testament, Luke wrote the following: "… an inscription also was written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS". Traditionally, most crucifixes (especially Roman Catholic) have the Latin initials of the Messiah as follows "INRI," which means "Iesus Nazarenus, Rex, Iudaeorum" (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). [Note: there is no letter J (for it did not exist at this time.)] When the Greeks transliterated the name, they changed the "ah" in the name Yahshua, which denotes the feminine gender in a word, to "eus" because this denotes the masculine gender.
After thousands of years of silence, the people of God have finally rediscovered the Most Holy Name of the only true God. It's amazing what a little research will reveal to those who study to show themselves approved. There's an instruction for those who have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church in Ezekiel 33, the introductory verse. I am not standing behind this pulpit to entertain you, but rather to speak what YAHVEH has commanded me to say.
The reason the Holy Spirit keeps prompting me to begin this series with this passage is because there are many who have followed this man of God, this prophet, right to the edge until I began speaking on The Name. I have been entrusted with His name and I must declare it as I promised YAHVEH I would. I have tried to make it appealing to those of you who are in love with the transliteration of the name "Jesus", and have encountered much resistance.
The name "Jesus", commonly used in Christianity today, did not exist until about 500 years ago. The English name, Jesus, is a derivation from Greek "Iesous" and the Latin "Iesus" version. There was no letter 'J' in any language prior to the 14th century. The Encyclopedia Americana contains the following quote on the letter J: "The form of 'J' was unknown in any alphabet until the 14th century. Either symbol (J,I) used initially generally had the consonantal sound of Y as in year. Gradually, the two symbols (J,l) were differentiated, the J usually acquiring consonantal force and thus becoming regarded as a consonant, and the I becoming a vowel." It was not until 1630 that the differentiation became general in England. Note, in the original 1611 version of the King James Bible, there was no letter "J" because the letter was not commonly used at that time. James was spelled Iames. Jesus was spelled Iesous. There is no letter "J" or even the sound of the letter "J" in the Hebrew alphabet. I
n the New Testament, Luke wrote the following: "… an inscription also was written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS". Traditionally, most crucifixes (especially Roman Catholic) have the Latin initials of the Messiah as follows "INRI," which means "Iesus Nazarenus, Rex, Iudaeorum" (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). [Note: there is no letter J (for it did not exist at this time.)] When the Greeks transliterated the name, they changed the "ah" in the name Yahshua, which denotes the feminine gender in a word, to "eus" because this denotes the masculine gender.
After thousands of years of silence, the people of God have finally rediscovered the Most Holy Name of the only true God. It's amazing what a little research will reveal to those who study to show themselves approved. There's an instruction for those who have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church in Ezekiel 33, the introductory verse. I am not standing behind this pulpit to entertain you, but rather to speak what YAHVEH has commanded me to say.
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