Desecrating The Name: Refuting the Yahshua/Yahashuah lie

”You shall not take the name (Ha-Shem) of the L-rd (יהוה) your G-d in vain; for the L-rd (יהוה)will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.”

The Torah sates:

Shemot/Exodus 20:7

”You shall not take the name (Ha-Shem) of the L-rd (יהוה) your G-d in vain; for the L-rd (יהוה)will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.”

Recently I’ve had a number of people ask me about the (so called) special name of G-d, “Yahshua, Yahashuah”. I have also noticed more and more followers of Yeshua/Yehoshua/Jesus (Linguistically legitimate renderings of the Messiah’s name), using this abomination on face book and the internet. Suffice to say, I’m disgusted and angered by this desecration of G-d’s name.

As a Jew I’m disgusted by the fact that foolish people have chosen to misuse the Holy Name YHVH (Which, due to it’s protection is known to be unpronounceable). We know that the mispronunciation Jehovah is due to a misunderstanding of the vowel markings for Adonai appearing beneath the Hebrew characters for the Holy Name, this is unfortunate but forgivable given the confusion. However in the case of the present desecration certain misguided people have purposefully misused the Holy Name, making a contraction out of it that defiles both it and the name of our Messiah.

As a follower of the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, I am equally disgusted at the defiling of His name, which means, “Salvation, The L-rd is my Salvation”. Therefore what follows are the actual facts concerning the desecration, “Yahshua/Yahashuah”. I share this as a warning, “for the L-rd (יהוה)will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.”

The Name:

The Holy Proper Name of G-d YHVH (יהוה) is unpronounceable. Why? Because for thousands of years Jews have held it sacred. The Masoretes (6th Century A.D. Jewish Scribes) protected it’s pronunciation by placing the vowel markers (Nikudot) for the Hebrew name Adonai (lord) below the characters of the Holy Name YHVH. This was to ensure that the name Adonai would be pronounced in place of the Holy Name. In all other instances the observant Jew pronounces the Holy Name YHVH as, “Hashem,” which literally translates, “The Name”. In doing so we avoid desecrating The Name. Scholars agree, that were we to hazard a guess at the original pronunciation, our best guess would be “Yahveh or Yahweh,” however, it’s important to note that this is our best educated guess.

Jesus name in Hebrew:

The name, Jesus is simply an English translation of the Greek, “Yesoos,” which in turn is a transliteration of the Hebrew, “Yehoshua, Yeshua,” meaning, “The L-rd Saves”. Any attempt to liken to the name of the Greek god Zeus is utter nonsense, there are no legitimate linguistic grounds for doing so. On a spiritual level it is a lie at best and at worst it is blasphemy!

Yahshua/Yahashuah:

A number of modern bible teachers and Christian/Messianic/Hebrew Roots leaders (false Shepherds all) claim that the name Yahshua/Yahashuah is the correct pronunciation of the Holy Name and or the name of the Messiah. This name is said to combine the names YHVH and Yeshua/Yehoshua. I can only surmise that these individuals have no real understanding of the Hebrew language or are simply uneducated in general. If they claim to be filled with the Holy Spirit, then we must also ask why they have resisted Him regarding this. The Hebrew language does not allow for the contraction of these names, it is linguistically incorrect to join them, and doing so makes a mockery of both names.

In fact, the real root of this teaching is not the Holy Spirit but the spirit of occult. It is an attempt to defile the minds and mouths of followers of Messiah.

Yahshuah:

The blasphemous name, “Yahshuah,” was originally found in the works of Athanasius Kirchner, Johann Baptist Grossschedel (1619) a Jesuit Christian occultist and in subsequent Renaissance esoteric sources.

Please read the excellent article link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahshuah

Yahshua:

The blasphemous name, “Yahshua,” is the progeny of the more recent Sacred Name movement. The English spelling Yahshua originates at least as early as 1950 from associated teachings dated as early as the 1930’s.

This is a misguided attempt to unify the names Yeshua and YHVH, without due consideration to the linguistic nature of this contraction. The irony is that in attempting to show Yeshua as divine by uniting His name with YHVH, they have in fact impugned His nature as the fully G-d and fully man Messiah of Israel.

Hebrew linguistics do not allow for the combining of the two unrelated nouns YHVH and YeSHuA, Therefore "Yahshua" is a nonsense. Furthermore, this name is not attested to in antiquity or Scripture.

The Sacred name cult teaches that the use of the name, “Yahshua,”—which is in fact a nonsense and not a name at all—will aid a person’s salvation. This is in direct contradiction to the teachings of Scripture and makes the use of this blasphemous name a form of witchcraft.

A secret knowledge of a sacred name used as a tool for our salvation can only be motivated by our own efforts to save ourselves, it spits in the face of grace and denies the power of Yeshua’s saving sacrificial death. Worse still, those who use it often consider themselves, “The true Church,” thus denying the salvation of numerous other Christians throughout the world. Any effort we view as being necessary on our part for earning salvation is a deception which teaches works based salvation and therefore contradicts the Gospel of Messiah.

Ephesians 2:8-9 King James Version (KJV) 
For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of G-d: Not of works, lest any human being should boast.

Please read the excellent article link below:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahshua

I would like to direct your attention to an article written by a man who has a Ph.D. in semitic languages and is a scholar of great renown in the Messianic Jewish community worldwide, Doctor Michael Brown:

http://old.askdrbrown.org/ask-dr-brown/35-ask-dr-brown/79-what-is-the-original-hebrew-name-for-jesus-and-is-it-true-that-the-name-jesus-greek-isssous-is-really-a-pagan-corruption-of-the-name-zeus

In conclusion I give this warning to those who are using these names and teaching others to do the same:

Shemot/Exodus 20:7

”You shall not take the name (Ha-Shem) of the L-rd (יהוה) your G-d in vain; for the L-rd (יהוה)will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.”

© Yaakov Brown 2015