The Sacred Name: Yahushua Let me start by making a seemingly shocking statement for a proponent of Christian fundamentalism.
For those of us who truly believe in the Messiah...
We are not 'Christians'.
The title 'Christian' and all the Western Europeanized 'holy' names that go along with it are largely in error.
Let us understand the meaning of the word 'Christ'. This word is based on the Greek translation for 'messiah', Christos, which means 'Anointed One'. Check the beginning of a King James version of the New Testament. You will see 'Translated out of the Original Greek'. Was Jesus Christ a Greek? Negative. He was an Israelite. Israelites spoke Hebrew. 'Messiah' is much closer to the original Hebrew word mashiyach.
But then understand clearly. Neither Christ nor Messiah are proper names in the sense of family names such as Smith or Johnson. They are actually titles appended to the Saviour's original name to distinguish Him from others who also had His name.
And so removing the titles attached to the sacred Name, we are left with just the divinely ordained name Jesus.
And, as has been explained before, in the original Hebrew, the name Jesus means, Jehovah is Salvation. This was the Holy name given to Jesus directly from Jehovah.
Actually, the first century followers of Jesus called his teachings the way, or, the path, and considered it a way of life, not a religion.
And yes, the original name, translated from Hebrew, would be closer to Yahushua, but the common translation is Jesus, in the language of today.
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