The word for this week is "Yeshua". This is one of the pronunciations of the Hebrew Name of Jesus. As we study this, I want to use Jonathan Cahn's "Book of Mysteries" to more accurately explain.
THE NAME IN WHICH YOU ARE
We were sitting in the sandy plain, in the same place where the teacher had in the past drawn symbols in the sand. But this time he handed me the stick and asked me to draw. So I did, slowly, as he directed. When I was finished, he told me what it was that I inscribed in the sand.
"Each of the symbols you drew," he said, "is a Hebrew letter. The first is the yud. The second is the shin. The third is the vav. And the last is the ayin. Do you recognize it?" he asked. "It's how the name Yeshua looks in Hebrew, which was then translated into 'Jesus.'"
"Yeshua", I replied, "Messiah's real name."
"Yes," said the teacher, "but think about it. He wasn't always Yeshua or Jesus."
"What do you mean?"
"Before the creation, the Son was with the Father and the Word was with God. He was the Son. And He was the Word. But He wasn't called Yeshua. In view of eternity, He has only borne the name Yeshua for a very short time. Why was it that He was given that name?"
"Because He was to save His people from their sins."
"Do you remember what Yeshua actually means"?
"God is salvation."
"Yes. So it wasn't His inherent name nor His Name from the beginning. In the beginning there was no sin, no darkness, no fall, no crisis, no brokenness, no judgment, no death, no need for salvation. For His Name to be Yeshua from the beginning would make no sense. Think about it. His Name is Yeshua because of us ... because of our need to be saved. So every time His Name is spoken, it proclaims His being joined to us. And He chose to bear that name forever. And do you know what else that name means? It means we're actually in His Name. It's the salvation of us that His Name is declaring. It's the salvation of you. His Name declares your salvation. You're in His Name. And when you receive Yeshua, when He becomes your salvation ... Then it's all complete."
"It's as if His Name is a prophecy ... a prophecy that comes true when you receive it."
"His Name is a mystery in which we are part. And when you receive the name, then the name is fulfilled. God becomes your salvation. And all who receive the name ... are already in it ... Yeshua."
The Mission: Ponder this mystery: You are in His Name. He was named for you. You are joined forever. Seek what that means. And live this day in that joinning.
I LOVE this! So many times when people pray using the Name of Jesus, it's almost like an exclamation point on a prayer, which isn't necessarily wrong or bad, but the importance of praying in His Name is to realize that WE are IN HIS NAME! We are part of His Body! He is the head and all the rest of us (born again believers) make up His entire body here on earth. Whatever belongs to the head belongs to the entire body. The Old Testament believers had faith in the Messiah Who was coming in the future. They prayed to the God in Heaven. WE pray through the God Who lives IN US! We are PART of HIM! We can't even begin to understand the magnitude of all that this TRUTH entails, but we CAN learn to walk with Wisdom in the light of the knowledge that we DO have! There never has been, nor ever will be again, the unique situation that WE are in! One minister shared that all through the ages to come, this glorious plan of our Father God will be spoken of with great awe! WE will be shown off as His great handiwork and His great plan in destroying the work of the enemy and in fooling him into giving up the hold that he had on mankind. 1 Corinthians 2:8:
None of the rulers of this age or world perceived and recognized and understood this, for if they had, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory.
AMEN! What an exciting time to be living on this earth! As we pray God's Word over every situation, recognizing our right and authority to do so, IN HIS PLACE, IN HIS NAME, we will see HIS results! We used to sing a song a long time ago called "In The Name of Jesus". I like much better Hillsong's "Who You Say I Am"!
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
