Did Jesus take the First Selfie? | The Shroud of Turin | Jeremiah J. Johnston | 2023 BWC

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Dean of Spiritual Development at Prestonwood Christian Academy Jeremiah J. Johnston also serves as Associate Pastor of Apologetics & Cultural Engagement at Prestonwood. A New Testament scholar, he is founder of Christian Thinkers Society, whose mission is to train and equip Christians to defend their core beliefs.

[@S.R.M.]

Moses asked God for His name, and God said, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH,” which means ‘I AM who I AM’, HaYAH means “The I AM.” So God tells Moses to tell the people that “YAH, {‘I AM’} has sent me to you” (Exodus 3:13-15). The disciples of Christ, the Jews, and Pontius Pilate never knew Christ as Jesus, but He was introduced to Pilate as "Yeshua", a common Aramaic name in Judea and Galilee. Why is this important? Because God the Father sent an angel to command Joseph and Mary to name Him, the Son of God, the Messiah, by a certain name, a revealed name, not to be subjected to linguistic changes. According to the apostle Peter, "...there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). Because Christ's name is revealed, that is given, from Heaven, it cannot be subjected to linguistic evolution, nor can it be changed by the tongue, languages, of mankind. The revealed name of Christ is YAHSHUA, which many consider a philological impossibility, but is it? It is indeed obscure, however, the prophet Isaiah tells us the name of salvation is “YAH” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV). YAH is “the name which is above every name” (Philippians 2:9), and every tongue, and language, of mankind, is to know this one name (Philippians 2:11). To reject this name, once you have heard it, is to stand already condemned (John 3:18)! Note our Savior's revealed name being subjected to this linguistic evolution by man: YAHSHUA mistakenly heard as Yeshua, and Yeshua transliterated to Iesous, and Iesous transformed into Iesus, and Iesus transformed to Jesus when the letter J was introduced to the English language, alphabet, in the 17 century. The angel revealed the name YAHSHUA, and therefore the angel never said, “Jesus” as is recorded in the English versions of Matthew and Luke but rather said, “YAHSHUA,” which means I AM (YAH) Salvation (Shua), the true meaning of the revealed name of Christ, and the only name by which we must be saved! The disciples of Christ knew Him as YAHSHUA, however, when the disciples would speak this name, the common people on the streets heard the common Aramaic name “Yeshua.” This name became established after the apostles all died (AD 90), and from this name, Yeshua was the transliteration of Iesous (ee-sous), which was later transformed into Iesus (ee-sus), and Iesus became the counterfeit name for Christ in English, as can be seen in the 1611 King James Version of the Bible, and so in English Christ was known as Iesus until later in the 17th century, when Christ's name was changed yet again to Jesus, another equally counterfeit name never revealed by our God. Did YAHSHUA tell the people that He is YAH, meaning the I AM? He did indeed when He told them before Abraham was "I AM" (John 8:58). “I AM” in Hebrew is “YAH.” “And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord {YAHSHUA} Shall be saved” (Acts 2:21). The phonetic pronunciation of YAH [Yaw] is the same in both Hebrew and English Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! But you object, and say, “God has many names!” This, however, is not true. God indeed has many titles names such as Emmanuel, El Shaddai, etc., but God tells us that He has only one Personal name. “And God spoke to Moses and said to him: ‘I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL Shaddai, {God Almighty}, but by My name, Lord {YHWH or YAH} I was not known to them” (Exodus 6:2-3). “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13). But first you have to know the name of salvation to call upon the name of salvation! To be saved, I call upon the name of YAHSHUA!

[@Lili-Benovent]

Gee, a long history lesson into a fairy tale, maybe you're in training to become a preacher, there's lots of money in it, looking back at the bible stories objectively there is every chance that Jesus Christ, if he ever existed, was just an olden days equivalent of modern day charlatans such as Benny Hinn, Creflo Dollar, Robin Bullock, Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer, Mar Mari etc. seeking to secure themselves and gain riches peddling a story about an invisible God about to strike down the unfaithful. Perhaps Jesus enhanced the story by performing a few party tricks such as you see with Benny Hinn, pushing people over and pretending to heal their ills, Starting off Jesus probably was happy with the easy life of preaching but as he became more famous he actually started to believe that he himself was a God and his ego became inflated with his new found fame, these days we call it schizophrenia, This fanatic eventually came to the attention of the authorities and was finally viewed as a threat and they decided to make an example of him and nail him up on a cross. Over the years we have seen many people who have elevated themselves to the status of a God and they usually come to a sticky end, it`s not unusual, but what is unusual is that as the years go by this Jesus story and fake philosophy has become readily accepted as a standard for controlling the masses and imposing guilt where there is no guilt. Luckily as science becomes more readily accepted Christianity is diminishing and will become so minuscule in the future that people will regard it as just another fanatical minor cult.