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WHY NOT THE NAME JESUS? VIDEO SERIES

10-40 Admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 02:31:59 +0000

Episode 1

Do we “Get” him?

Most of us did not start our spiritual journey with a Torah-observant mindset — we had what Keith Johnson calls a “Jesus journey.” We learned the Jesus stories and the Jesus songs, but there’s a big difference between knowing about him and truly knowing him.

The truth is, we cannot truly understand his ministry or his message without first understanding his original, given name: Yeshua.

Why Not Jesus? with Keith Johnson stresses the importance of knowing the power and purpose of our Messiah’s name — because, without it, we will fall into the trap of creating our own “Jesus” and our own religion.

Mainstream marketing has been flooded with a multi-million-dollar campaign to promote the Messiah — but is it pointing to a savior that doesn’t exist? Keith Johnson explains why the “He Gets Us” campaign sends a misguided message based upon a false idea of “Jesus” and why the real question is: “Do we get Him?”

All these Videos have to be viewed on BFA main page: https://bfainternational.com/why-not-the-name-jesus/

Episode 2

Where did “Jesus” come from?

Where did Yeshua’s name come from? Modern Christianity would have us believe it was unique, but it actually comes from the Torah! Keith Johnson explains how Yeshua’s name was politicized over the centuries to completely disassociate it from the language, history, and context of the Old Testament!

All these Videos have to be viewed on BFA main page: https://bfainternational.com/why-not-the-name-jesus/

Episode 3

The Bethlehem Birth Certificate

Translators of many English Bibles put poison tricks into their translations in order to disconnect the English name “Jesus” from the Hebrew Yeshua. Keith Johnson reveals “the Bethlehem birth certificate” that forever solidifies Yeshua’s name with his mission.

All these Videos have to be viewed on BFA main page: https://bfainternational.com/why-not-the-name-jesus/

Episode 4

Let Yeshua Speak!

Yeshua never spoke in his own name; he spoke only in the name of his Father. In this final episode, Keith Johnson shows us, using Yeshua’s own words, what the Messiah’s name really means, why it has so much power, and how his name was written in three different languages.

All these Videos have to be viewed on BFA main page: https://bfainternational.com/why-not-the-name-jesus/

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Where did the name “Jesus” come from?

10-40 Admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:51:36 +0000

Jeff Brenner

The name “Jesus” has a long, long history. The origin of this name is the Hebrew name יהושע (yehoshu’a, Strong’s #3091 [Latinized as Joshua]), which means “Yahweh saves.” This Hebrew name is first used Exodus 17:9 where we are introduced to Yehoshu’a Ben Nun.

When this Hebrew name was transliterated in the Greek Septuagint (2,000 year old Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible) it was written as Ἰησοῦς (iesous). The Greek alphabet had no “Y” sound, so it used the “I” sound. The Greek alphabet has no consonant “H,” or equivalent, so this sound is dropped. The Greek alphabet also had no “Sh” sound, so it used the “S” sound. Then, Greek male names end with “s,” so the “s” was added. And this is how יהושע (yehoshu’a) became Ἰησοῦς (iesous) in the Greek.

It is common for names to shift and evolve when transferred from one culture to another. For instance, the German name Ludwig is Louis in France and the Spanish name Juan is John in English speaking countries. The Hebrew name יהושע (yehoshu’a, Strong’s #3091) is ישוע (yeshu’a, Strong’s #3442 [Latinized as Jeshua]) in the Aramaic language, such as we see in Ezra 2:2. When this Aramaic name was transliterated in the Greek Septuagint, they used the same method as stated above and it comes out to Ἰησοῦς (iesous), the same as it did for yehoshu’a.

When we come to the New Testament period we find that the name of the Messiah is Ἰησοῦς (iesous) in the Greek New Testament, but we find that it is ישוע (yeshu’a) in the Aramaic New Testament. When the Greek New Testament was translated into Latin in the 4th Century this name was written as Iesus, an exact match to the Greek that it came from. The Latin letter “I” split into two letters, “I” and “J.” Originally this was two different ways of writing the same letter. So the Iesus became Jesus, but they were both pronounced the same way. Years later, some cultures began using the “I” for the vowel sound and “J” for a “Y” sound. It was not until around 1500 AD that the letter J took on the “dg” sound we are familiar with today.

So, the modern name “Jesus” comes from the Latin Iesus, which comes from the Greek Iesous, which comes from the Aramaic Yeshu’a and the Hebrew Yehoshu’a.

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The Jews, the Greeks and the Gentiles: Who are they?

10-40 Admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 04:33:00 +0000

By Jeff A. Benner

As the gospel of Yeshua’s message was spreading throughout the land, mostly documented in the book of Acts, three people groups are mentioned; the Jews, the Greeks and the Gentiles. Unfortunately due to misinterpretations and mistranslations of the text, there is a lot of misunderstanding over who these people are.
The Gentiles

The Greek word ethnos (Strong’s #1484) literally means “nation.” This word is used in the 2,000 year old Greek Septuagint to translate the Hebrew word goy (Strong’s #1471), which also means “nation.” A nation is any group of people living and working under one rule. Many different nations are mentioned in the Bible including; the Canaanites, Egyptians, Moabites, Arameans, and others. But more importantly even Israel is called a “nation.”

And I will make of thee [Israel] a great nation (goy)… (Genesis 12:2, KJV)

… and of good report among all the nation (ethnos) of the Jews… (Acts 10:22, KJV)

Translating the Greek word ethnos in the New Testament as “gentile” is problematic. While the word “gentile” does mean “one belongs to a tribe or clan,” it has come universally mean a non-Jew. But as we have seen, the words goy and ethnos do not mean a non-Jew, they mean “one who belongs to a tribe or clan.”

Who are the ethnon (nations – plural of ethnos) mentioned in the New Testament?

I am sure that most people are familiar with the “ten lost tribes” from the northern “nation” of Israel that was taken into captivity by the Assyrians in the eighth century B.C. It believed by most that these “ten lost tribes” are “lost,” but this is not exactly true, at least not in the sense that most people assume.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher… (Luke 2:36, RSV)

The tribe of Asher is one of the “ten lost tribes,” but as we can see, Anna, from the tribe of Asher, is not “lost.” The “lost” tribes are not “lost” in the sense of “missing,” but in the sense of walking away from the teachings of Yahweh. Even Yeshua mentions that his mission was to reach the “lost” tribes and commissions his disciples to do the same.

But he [Yeshua] answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Matthew 15:24, KJV)

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Matthew 10:6, KJV)

Even James mentions that he is a servant to the “twelve tribes,” which would include the “ten lost tribes.”

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. (James 1:1, KJV)

When Paul preached to the “nations” in the Book of Acts, he was doing what Yeshua commanded, preaching to the “lost” tribes, the lost goy/ethnos of Israel.
The Greeks

The book of Maccabees, one of the books of the Apocrypha, tells the story of the Jewish Revolt about 150 years before the time of the New Testament. The Greeks, led by Antichus Epiphinus, conquered the land of Israel and forced the Jews to leave their national heritage and the Torah and begin following the Greek culture. Because of the Jews hatred for all things Hellenistic, including the culture and language, Judas Maccabee lead the revolt against Antichus Epiphinus destroying the Greeks and slaughtering those Jews that had adopted the Greek language and culture. This revolt demonstrates the Jewish hatred of the hellistic culture and the incorrect assumption that the Jews freely adopted the Greek language during the time of the New Testament.

This divide between the Jews who remained faithful to the Torah and the Jewish culture, and those who rejected the Torah and adopted the Greek culture continued to exist into the first century A.D. The Jews that adopted the Greek culture and language were called Hellenes (Oxford Greek Dictionary)

The word Hellenes is the word used in the New Testament, where it is usually translated as “Greek,” but sometimes “Gentile,” but does not refer to native “Greeks,” but to Jews who have adopted the Greek culture and language.
The Jews

The Jews, in contrast to the Hellenists, are those Jews that remained faithful to the Torah and rejected the Greek culture and language.
Proselytes

Only mentioned four times in the New Testament are the “proselytes” (Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:11, 6:5 and 13:43). The word proselytes is a transliteration of the Greek word proselutos, which means a “stranger” or “foreigner.” These are non-Jews, what we would call today “gentiles,” that have joined Israel and follow Yahweh and his teachings.

The Greek word proselutos is used in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew word geyr, which also means a “stranger” or “foreigner,” a non-Israelite. It was not uncommon for foreigners (geyrim) to join Israel, and many of them came out of Egypt with Israel.

When Israel came out of Egypt, it was not just Israelites who came out, but a multitude of others. And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. (Exodus 12:36-38, KJV)

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. Many other people went up with them. (Exodus 12:37,38)

These foreigners were to be treated the same as the Israelites.

The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. (Leviticus 19:34)

“You are to have the same laws (mishpat) for the alien and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.” (Leviticus 24:22)

Even Paul in the New Testament understood this and recognized that anyone could join Israel, just as they did in ancient times.

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world. (Ephesians 2:12, KJV)

Conclusion

We now have a clearer understanding of these four people groups;

The Jews: The observant Jews who reject the Greek culture and language.

The Hellenists: The Jews who adopted the Greek culture and language.

The Nations: The Jews from the ten lost tribes.

The Strangers: Non-Jews who join themselves with the Jews.

Taken from: https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/studies-interpretation/jews-the-greeks-and-the-gentiles-who-are-they.htm

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