Set-apart or Profane?
The Set-apart Names of Scripture vs. Paganized Nicknames of Tradition
The following information is derived from the explanatory notes of The Scriptures. Originally published by INSTITUTE FOR SCRIPTURE RESEARCH (PTY) LTD, Republic of South Africa, Johannesburg, Northriding. I have added my thoughts at the end.
El: Mighty one, strength,
Eloah: singular form of Elohim has same meaning of El,
Elohim: Plural of Eloah, rulers, messengers,
Elyon, El Elyon: The most high El.
The word El is a very ancient Semitic term. Among Semitic languages it is one of the most used terms for greatness, strength or diety. In Hebrew religious usage it does not denote a proper name but is used as a title. It is used for the creator’s superiority over all other as a generic term in Daniel 11:36 “…the El of elahin…” El, Eloah, Elohim is to refer to the creator, but also applied to rulers, messengers, and persons. (Referring to Mosheh in Shemoth (Exodus) 4:16, “and it shall be that he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be an Elohim for him.”). Also Mismore (Psalm) 82:1. Elyon is translated as most high. Used in Mismore 7:17, “and praise the name of YAHWEH (Elyon) most high.” The term “Eli” (my El) used by Messiah in the Messianc Writings in Mark 15:34 “Eli, Eli lamah shebaqtani”
Gad: Apart from Gad, the son of Ya’aqob (Jacob) there was another “Gad.” The astrologers of Babel called Jupiter (Zeus) by the name “Gad.” He was also well known among the Canaanites (the Kena’anites) where his name was often coupled with Ba’al, Ba’al Gad, which according to the Massoretic vowel pointing in the Book of Yehoshua (Joshua) is pronounced: Ba’al God. This same name is discovered in the ancient Germanic languages as Gott, Goda, Gode, God, Gud, Gade. And searching further back into its Indo-Germanic (Indo-European) roots, we find that it traces back to the word GHODH, which means “union,” even “sexual union.” No wonder this meaning is still evident in the Dutch and German gade. It is also not difficult to see it in the English “gadfly” and “gadding about.”
Jesus: Consider Iesous, rendered as “Jesus” in English versions up to now. For example the authoritative Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell & Scott, under Iaso: the Greek goddess of healing reveals that the name Iaso is Ieso in the Ionic dialect of the Greeks, Iesous being the contracted genitive form! In David Kravitz, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology, we found a similar form, namely Iasus. There were four different Greek deities with the name of Iasus, one of them being the Son of Rhea. Further, it is well known that Ies is the abbreviated form of the name Iesous, and Dr. Bullinger, in The Apocalypse, p. 396, says Ies was part of the name of Bacchus! Also see Come out of her, My people, by C.J. Koster.
Lord: Substituting the Name of YAHWEH with “LORD” or Lord,” as has been done in most translations, is against all Scripture:
1) It is transgression of the Third Command(ment) which prohibits us from bringing His Name to naught, or falsifying it.
2) It is transgression of the command in Deb. (Deuteronomy) 4:2, “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not take away from it.” This is repeated in Deb. 12:32, Mish. (Proverbs) 30:6, Revelation 22:18-19.
3) YAHWEH reproves the prophets in Yirmeyahu. (Jeremiah) 23:36, “You have changed the Words of the living Elohim…”
4) “Lord” is not an innocent title. We trace it back to the Roman house-deity, and further back to the name of an Etruscan sovereign, Larth, not forgetting that in those days the sovereigns were deities! So this is the transgression of the clear command of Shem. (Exodus) 23:13
My personal thoughts: On the day I came into the covenant of Set-apart Matrimony with my wife Jenn she proceeded to call me by the nickname of endearment “baby”. Within 24 hours this acquired nick name about drove me insane! I told my sweetheart Jenn that she would have to find a new term of endearment for both our sakes.
Jenn reverently asked me what I would prefer to be called as her covenant partner. After careful consideration I told her I desired to be called “Sweet Baboo”. This is the term of affection she has called me by ever since that day. Now what if my wife did not reverence me and decided that she did not care to call me “Sweet Baboo” but instead would choose to call me “baby” according to her preference? I shudder to think!!!
Now, you and I are in a betrothal covenant of Set-apart Matrimony with our groom Yahoshua ha MaShiach if indeed we have been saved by His favor through faith. (Romans 10:9-10) He is w(holy) set apart unto us and we are called w(holy) set apart unto Him. He has always been called Yahoshua, he has never been called Jesus. Heaven called Him Yahoshua. His relatives called Him Yahoshua. His first apostles called Him Yahoshua. Don’t you think His bride, especially, should call our groom by His given name, Yahoshua? Yahoshua means "the salvation of Yahweh" or "Yahweh is our Savior". The name Jesus does not have any meaning at all!
Jesus is a relatively new name that has been introduced to the Christian community of faith since the printing of the first King James Bible. You read that correctly! The first King James Bible did not have the name Jesus, as such, anywhere in it! The letter J is a relatively new letter to the English language.
Now I was saved at the name of Jesus. I have had countless prayers answered at the name of Jesus. I have witnessed to multitudes of people whom have prayed to receive salvation in the name of Jesus. All that this proves is that Yahoshua is longsuffering and merciful toward us to the uttermost. He is the most wonderful groom in all of the Universe! However, one day His mercy and the measure of His favor to the unrepented and unregenerated sinner will cease and every knee will bow and every tongue will confess Yahoshua ha MaShiach is Yahweh, Elohim, Adonai!
Just because He has tolerated our learned ignorance for years due to the fact that He knows the thoughts and intents of our hearts (Hebrews 4:12) does not mean that He desires to be called by the learned name by the traditions of our fathers, “Jesus”. As a matter of fact every time we substitute His name Yahoshua for any learned pagan Greek nick name He has already told us that He hates it!
If it really isn’t about religion but about relationship why wouldn’t you want to learn everything that pleases your groom of betrothal covenant? Why wouldn’t you want to repent of everything He has already told you He hates? No longer use the names of the learned pagan tradition like God, Lord, Jesus and instead address Him as Yahoshua, Yahweh, El, Elohim, Adonai, etc. These are the names He gave to Himself!
While on the mission field of S. Africa I was introduced to a fellow servant. The man that introduced me to him called him Sponge-y. Now I thought this was an odd sort of name even for S. Africa, however I always called him by this name and he always answered to this name.
After many weeks I was impressed in my spirit to ask him to please say and spell his name for me. To my surprise he said his name is "Chunky". I asked him why then do we call you Sponge-y? He replied that he did not know why we called him Sponge-y and that everyone has always called him Chunky his entire life.
At this point I asked him why he always answered to the name Sponge-y and why he never corrected us when we were calling him by the wrong name. With a big smile on his broad face, he graciously answered, "I always knew you were speaking to me and I just figured sponge-y was a sort of nick name you had for me."
From this time forward we called this fellow servant by his true and given name, Chunky. Doesn't this true life account perfectly illustrate the graciousness of our Master Yahoshua. Can't you just see Him with a great big smile on His face, say to us, "I always knew you were speaking to Me and so I answered to Jesus every time because that is the nick name you learned to address Me by."
One final thought, if you have no interest in pleasing Him according to His Word, which is His heart revealed to His bride, today, then why in the world do you think you will be interested in pleasing Him, which is the same as obeying Him, when He comes for His bride of covenant?
Philippians 2:10 that at the Name of יהושע Yahoshua every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Shalom, shalom,
Robert McDuffie ~ Mismore (Psalm) 119:18
The Set-apart Names of Scripture vs. Paganized Nicknames of Tradition
The following information is derived from the explanatory notes of The Scriptures. Originally published by INSTITUTE FOR SCRIPTURE RESEARCH (PTY) LTD, Republic of South Africa, Johannesburg, Northriding. I have added my thoughts at the end.
El: Mighty one, strength,
Eloah: singular form of Elohim has same meaning of El,
Elohim: Plural of Eloah, rulers, messengers,
Elyon, El Elyon: The most high El.
The word El is a very ancient Semitic term. Among Semitic languages it is one of the most used terms for greatness, strength or diety. In Hebrew religious usage it does not denote a proper name but is used as a title. It is used for the creator’s superiority over all other as a generic term in Daniel 11:36 “…the El of elahin…” El, Eloah, Elohim is to refer to the creator, but also applied to rulers, messengers, and persons. (Referring to Mosheh in Shemoth (Exodus) 4:16, “and it shall be that he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be an Elohim for him.”). Also Mismore (Psalm) 82:1. Elyon is translated as most high. Used in Mismore 7:17, “and praise the name of YAHWEH (Elyon) most high.” The term “Eli” (my El) used by Messiah in the Messianc Writings in Mark 15:34 “Eli, Eli lamah shebaqtani”
Gad: Apart from Gad, the son of Ya’aqob (Jacob) there was another “Gad.” The astrologers of Babel called Jupiter (Zeus) by the name “Gad.” He was also well known among the Canaanites (the Kena’anites) where his name was often coupled with Ba’al, Ba’al Gad, which according to the Massoretic vowel pointing in the Book of Yehoshua (Joshua) is pronounced: Ba’al God. This same name is discovered in the ancient Germanic languages as Gott, Goda, Gode, God, Gud, Gade. And searching further back into its Indo-Germanic (Indo-European) roots, we find that it traces back to the word GHODH, which means “union,” even “sexual union.” No wonder this meaning is still evident in the Dutch and German gade. It is also not difficult to see it in the English “gadfly” and “gadding about.”
Jesus: Consider Iesous, rendered as “Jesus” in English versions up to now. For example the authoritative Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell & Scott, under Iaso: the Greek goddess of healing reveals that the name Iaso is Ieso in the Ionic dialect of the Greeks, Iesous being the contracted genitive form! In David Kravitz, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology, we found a similar form, namely Iasus. There were four different Greek deities with the name of Iasus, one of them being the Son of Rhea. Further, it is well known that Ies is the abbreviated form of the name Iesous, and Dr. Bullinger, in The Apocalypse, p. 396, says Ies was part of the name of Bacchus! Also see Come out of her, My people, by C.J. Koster.
Lord: Substituting the Name of YAHWEH with “LORD” or Lord,” as has been done in most translations, is against all Scripture:
1) It is transgression of the Third Command(ment) which prohibits us from bringing His Name to naught, or falsifying it.
2) It is transgression of the command in Deb. (Deuteronomy) 4:2, “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not take away from it.” This is repeated in Deb. 12:32, Mish. (Proverbs) 30:6, Revelation 22:18-19.
3) YAHWEH reproves the prophets in Yirmeyahu. (Jeremiah) 23:36, “You have changed the Words of the living Elohim…”
4) “Lord” is not an innocent title. We trace it back to the Roman house-deity, and further back to the name of an Etruscan sovereign, Larth, not forgetting that in those days the sovereigns were deities! So this is the transgression of the clear command of Shem. (Exodus) 23:13
My personal thoughts: On the day I came into the covenant of Set-apart Matrimony with my wife Jenn she proceeded to call me by the nickname of endearment “baby”. Within 24 hours this acquired nick name about drove me insane! I told my sweetheart Jenn that she would have to find a new term of endearment for both our sakes.
Jenn reverently asked me what I would prefer to be called as her covenant partner. After careful consideration I told her I desired to be called “Sweet Baboo”. This is the term of affection she has called me by ever since that day. Now what if my wife did not reverence me and decided that she did not care to call me “Sweet Baboo” but instead would choose to call me “baby” according to her preference? I shudder to think!!!
Now, you and I are in a betrothal covenant of Set-apart Matrimony with our groom Yahoshua ha MaShiach if indeed we have been saved by His favor through faith. (Romans 10:9-10) He is w(holy) set apart unto us and we are called w(holy) set apart unto Him. He has always been called Yahoshua, he has never been called Jesus. Heaven called Him Yahoshua. His relatives called Him Yahoshua. His first apostles called Him Yahoshua. Don’t you think His bride, especially, should call our groom by His given name, Yahoshua? Yahoshua means "the salvation of Yahweh" or "Yahweh is our Savior". The name Jesus does not have any meaning at all!
Jesus is a relatively new name that has been introduced to the Christian community of faith since the printing of the first King James Bible. You read that correctly! The first King James Bible did not have the name Jesus, as such, anywhere in it! The letter J is a relatively new letter to the English language.
Now I was saved at the name of Jesus. I have had countless prayers answered at the name of Jesus. I have witnessed to multitudes of people whom have prayed to receive salvation in the name of Jesus. All that this proves is that Yahoshua is longsuffering and merciful toward us to the uttermost. He is the most wonderful groom in all of the Universe! However, one day His mercy and the measure of His favor to the unrepented and unregenerated sinner will cease and every knee will bow and every tongue will confess Yahoshua ha MaShiach is Yahweh, Elohim, Adonai!
Just because He has tolerated our learned ignorance for years due to the fact that He knows the thoughts and intents of our hearts (Hebrews 4:12) does not mean that He desires to be called by the learned name by the traditions of our fathers, “Jesus”. As a matter of fact every time we substitute His name Yahoshua for any learned pagan Greek nick name He has already told us that He hates it!
If it really isn’t about religion but about relationship why wouldn’t you want to learn everything that pleases your groom of betrothal covenant? Why wouldn’t you want to repent of everything He has already told you He hates? No longer use the names of the learned pagan tradition like God, Lord, Jesus and instead address Him as Yahoshua, Yahweh, El, Elohim, Adonai, etc. These are the names He gave to Himself!
While on the mission field of S. Africa I was introduced to a fellow servant. The man that introduced me to him called him Sponge-y. Now I thought this was an odd sort of name even for S. Africa, however I always called him by this name and he always answered to this name.
After many weeks I was impressed in my spirit to ask him to please say and spell his name for me. To my surprise he said his name is "Chunky". I asked him why then do we call you Sponge-y? He replied that he did not know why we called him Sponge-y and that everyone has always called him Chunky his entire life.
At this point I asked him why he always answered to the name Sponge-y and why he never corrected us when we were calling him by the wrong name. With a big smile on his broad face, he graciously answered, "I always knew you were speaking to me and I just figured sponge-y was a sort of nick name you had for me."
From this time forward we called this fellow servant by his true and given name, Chunky. Doesn't this true life account perfectly illustrate the graciousness of our Master Yahoshua. Can't you just see Him with a great big smile on His face, say to us, "I always knew you were speaking to Me and so I answered to Jesus every time because that is the nick name you learned to address Me by."
It is amazing to me what great lengths men will go to
convince us (deceive us) the name Jesus Christ is the proper name of Yahoshua
ha MaShiach. Prayerfully consider the
following. In the English translations
of the first century writings of “The Scriptures” (the New Testament) we
observe Yoseph is always transliterated to read “Joseph”, Mariam is always
transliterated to read, “Mary”, Yahrushalayim is consistently transliterated to
read “Jerusalem”, Beyt Lechem is always transliterated to read “Bethlehem”,
Beyt El is always transliterated to read “Beth El” and MattithYahu is
consistently translated Matthew.
Are you beginning to notice a pattern here? Do you see how beautifully these Hebrew words
are preserved in the English translations of “The Scriptures”? However, when it comes to Yahoshua ha
MaShiach they leave every linguistic rule of grammar and, all the translation
committees have unanimously agreed to, literally, change His name! If they were 100% consistent the English transliteration
would always read “Joshua the Messiah”.
One final thought, if you have no interest in pleasing Him according to His Word, which is His heart revealed to His bride, today, then why in the world do you think you will be interested in pleasing Him, which is the same as obeying Him, when He comes for His bride of covenant?
Philippians 2:10 that at the Name of יהושע Yahoshua every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Shalom, shalom,
Robert McDuffie ~ Mismore (Psalm) 119:18
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