The reason i have chosen to use the name and spelling of Yahoshua has been an ongoing discovery. It began several years ago. i started to use the names and titles you will see in posts with “What’s in a name.” i am still learning and evolving in my thought, use, and spelling. i explained why i use the spelling of Yahoshua in this post, “You shall have no other gods, part 2.” More recently i wrote “By the Power of His Name,” which also looks at this idea. Although i use several translations of Scripture, i have become attached to one called, Hallelujah Scriptures. You can check out their page here.

i have chosen this path for a basic reason. It is to honor the names Elohim (God) used to introduce Himself to the world. With the ever increasing use of the title, god, many use today, i wanted there to be no confusion. As well many faiths also call on the name Jesus. Therefore, i want to clarify to whom i am referring. Especially when i talk and write about the Creator of the Universe.

Think about this. When you travel abroad, do you transliterate your name into the language of the country you are traveling to? Do you meet people from another country and call them by a different name than the one they tell you? The honest answer is no, you don’t, well i don’t. Yet, we have done that with the name of YHWH. We have done it with His Son Yahoshua. We have done it and don’t even think about it. Also, who is returning? When Adonai returns to earth and gathers His people, what will His name be? The name Jesus didn’t even exist until around 1600. Yahoshua is the name His earthly parents gave Him. They based it on the Word of Elohim, so should we.

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