Month: July 2011

Yahushua came to make it possible for us to have eternal life

This video is closed captioned. There is also a transcript of the video below.

Shalom,

Dirk

—–Transcript—–

Hello, my name is Dirk.

For the last several vlogs, I have been talking about the name of the Father and of the Son; YHWH and Yahushua.   The next several vlogs will focus on the reason why Yahushua came.  It was not just for one reason but for several reasons. This is the first vlog discussing about the reason that many people are familiar with.   Yahushua came so that our sins could be removed and provide us with the possibility of having eternal life.

The first verse that I want to talk about and substantiate this is from Colossians 1:14.  Go ahead and read the verse then I will discuss this further.

Qolasim/Colossians 1:14

In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

We already know that Yahushua died on the stake.   Church often uses the term  ‘cross’ but if we look closely on the term used for cross where the Greek term actually means stake so we will stay with that term.

Yahushua died on the stake and his blood shed so that our sins could be forgiven.   The verse is accurate in that, now, how do we know that our sins are forgiven? Is it because of the blood alone?  No, there is more to it than that.  I want you to read Colossians 2:14 which explain what was nailed on the stake.  That is the reason why we have the possibility of having eternal life.

Qolasim/Colossians 2:14

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to the stake.

The blue highlight on the words “handwriting of ordinances”, which the church often explains as the Law, the Torah, and Sabbath all of those were nailed on the “cross” and this means that they no longer matter to us.   This is not what this means.   When analyzing the Greek term, understanding what Paul was trying to explain, especially in context of the verses in Chapter 2, before and after the verse I am talking about.  We understand that what is being talked about pertains specifically to the list of each of our sins, those that we have done wrong against YHWH, against the Torah, every single sin written down.   When we die, that list will be used when YHWH judges us.  The punishment is death.  We will not have everlasting life.

Yahushua himself being perfect and without sin was put on the stake with our list of sins nailed on the stake.  This means what I owe to YHWH, what I have done wrong against Him is paid for.  Our sins have been taken away meaning that we no longer sin against YHWH.   We owe nothing.    This is what that verse means.

I want to give you a few verses from other bible translations, specifically what the translations use instead of handwriting of ordinances.   Those translations are more accurate in their translation.

List of various translations of Colossians 2:14

Charges, which are the list that is against us– what kind of list?  Our Sins that is against YHWH.  What I have done wrong. Not obeying YHWH, Not following the Torah, not doing Sabbath, etc, being against YHWH, disobedience.  Each one on the list and when we die and we face YHWH, this list already makes me guilty and Yahushua being perfect, remember?, perfect and without sin being put on the stake, all out sins, yours, mine, people from the beginning of time up to those at the end of time, all of our sins were nailed to the stake.  What we owe for our sin, which is death was nailed on the stake.   No longer will be punished for our sins, our sins are forgiven.   We do not have to die for our sins.   Yahushua took it all.

This is a great blessing.   Many people do not realize this, passing this off as the Law being nailed to the “cross”.   It is the punishment, Death–which we die for our sins, that was removed.

How do we know that the punishment for our sins is death?  It is from Romans 6:23 that explains clearly that our punishment which is death.  But Yahushua’s death forgave us of our sins so we could have eternal life.

Romiyim/Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the favourable gift of Elohim is everlasting life in Messiah Yahushua our Master.

This precious gift from Elohim—everlasting life.   If we continue to be stubborn and not accept Yahushua, the list of sins will not be put on the stake and our punishment is death.   Elohim with his compassionateness granted us a gift of everlasting life.  We must know that what we do that is against YHWH—there is only one punishment—one, and that is death.   We cannot try to avoid this and get everlasting life ourselves.

The next few vlogs will explain other reasons why Yahushua came.  This is the first one. There will be several more reasons.   The Church explains only one reason that Yahushua came and that we can get everlasting life is that “Jesus” died on the “cross.”  I will say this, this is not the only reason.  Yes, Yahushua died for us so that we can have everlasting life plus several other reasons.  I will discuss these more later.

The Truth–The Name of Yahushua–The Importance of His Name

 

Shalom,

This video relates about the importance of Yahushua’s name and why we should use it.

May YHWH bless you and keep you during Shabbat.

Shalom,

Dirk

—-Transcript of Video—–

Hello, my name is Dirk

You just saw the verse from John 5:43 which says:

Yochanan/John 5:43

“I have come in My Father’s Name and you do not receive Me, if another comes in his own name, him you would receive.

I have been talking about the names of YHWH and Yahushua for a while stressing the importance of knowing their names.   Now I am going to talk about why you would accept the name of Jesus and not the name of Yahushua.  I am going to take the opportunity to show you the transition in history of the name of Yahushua from the Hebrew language to the Greek language to the Latin language and finally to the English language.

Slide showing change of name in different languages

Did you see the name changing over time?  Does Jesus look like Yahushua?  Not even close!  I want to step back one language from the English language and move back to the Latin language where the name of Jesus is Iesus.  That name lasted for a long time throughout history.  Then it was changed to Jesus.  The letter J showed up not long ago.   I am going to show you a copy of a page from the bible, specifically the King James Version bible, which was first printed in 1611.  The page is from Luke Chapter 4.  Pay close attention to the yellow highlights of Jesus which is spelled Iesus.

Slide showing copy of KJV 1611 Luke Chapter 4

The word Iesus in the book which was published in 1611 in the first English bible that was make it possible for many people to read.  Iesus?  You can read on the internet about the history of the letter J.  There is plenty of information to be found.

Our English language has 26 letters in the alphabet, the baby of the letters in the alphabet is the letter J.  The letter J was born from the letter I.  In the year 1634, there was the first time in print, a distinction between the letter I and the letter J.  For many years up to that time, there was no distinction between both letters in print.  Thus the name Iesus became Jesus.  We already see the name being changed 4 times becoming another name. Another person?

Slide asking question of which names fits with John 5:43

If I tell you that the name Yahushua was not used as a reference to one person in the bible and that there is another in the bible?  This person was mentioned frequently in the bible and even has his own book.   We know of Yahushua, not the mistaken name of Jesus.  There is another Yahushua in the bible, in the Tankh or Old Testament, more specifically in the first 5 books of the bible.   Before I continue with this discussion, I am going to show you a slide.  If you do not believe me, feel free to look this up yourself.

Slide showing Name in Hebrew Yahushua and Names in English Jesus and Joshua

You just saw the same names in Hebrew but different translated names in English of Jesus and Joshua.  You know who Joshua is?  The famed assistant to Moses and when Moses died, Joshua took over ruling the whole House of Israel.    The surprising thing here is that the name is the same in Hebrew, Yahushua.   I am going to show you a verse where Yahushua, which you know as Joshua, had his name changed from Hoshea to Yahushua.

Numbers 13:16

These are the names of the men whom Mosheh sent to spy out the land. And Mosheh called Hoshĕa the son of Nun, Yahushua.

Hoshea had his name changed to Yahushua.   In today’s world, we should not be using Jesus but rather Joshua and saying “Praise Joshua” all those years.  Why are we saying Jesus?   Already we see the name changed to a different person.   We must be very careful and know what is written even going further to find out where it was written, the history of what was written, rather than reading what is written and listening to what is being said by other people and taking their word for it and believing it to be true.

We must take what is written and discern it deeper and find the truth that may be hidden from us.

Jesus is not his name, Joshua is not his name.  Yahushua is His Name!

Who decided the name?  His Father!

Who decided that His Name would be above every name?  His Father!

If our Father made His Name very important, we must do the same and show every reverence to that Name.   Not changing His Name into something less and changing it again into a different name and eventually to Jesus which has no connection to the Father.  I am going to show you verses from Philippians stressing the importance of His Name.

Pilipiyim/Philippians 2:9-11

(9)  Elohim, therefore, has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name,

(10)  that at the Name of Yahushua every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

(11)  and every tongue should confess that Yahushua Messiah is Master, to the esteem of Elohim the Father.

Philippians Chapter two verses nine through eleven can be summed up by saying that His Name is above all, we will bow to that name, and confess that He is the Master giving our Father esteem.

Yahushua is our Messiah which means Anointed One (hence the way I sign it this way), Anointed One means taking oil and pour it over someone’s head and it flows freely down the head indicating that he is chosen.

Yahushua was chosen to be our savior and He is our Messiah.  The Father picked Him (Yahushua) with a name that is very important.  We must heed this, hold the name to heart.  We must know the name in order to bow down and confess that He is our Messiah.

I do not know who Jesus is.  The name has no meaning to me.  It does not give Our Father esteem.   It takes away The Father’s name.  It takes away any relationship between the Father and the Son.

I propose we go back to calling the Son by his true name, Yahushua.  We proclaim that He is our Messiah so we can give Our Father, YHWH, His esteem.