Study 16a- Our Feelings

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THE NAME THE WORLD CHANGED, THE POWER OF HIS TRUE NAME AND THE BAPTISM HEAVEN REQUIRES

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THE NAME THE WORLD CHANGED, THE POWER OF HIS TRUE NAME AND THE BAPTISM HEAVEN REQUIRES

A teaching of Zion’s Roar Holy Spirit Ministry, written in truth and instruction by John, Servant and Disciple of Christ.

Jesus and Yeshua are not the true names of the only begotten Son of God, the Christ.
According to Scripture, power and authority are given through His true Name
alone. Therefore, when names such as Jesus or Yeshua are used in place of His
real Name, they carry no divine power, no spiritual authority, and no
covenantal validation before God.

Beloved, I write unto you of that Name, which is above every name, the true God-given Name of the only begotten Son of God, in whom is life, and that life is the light of men. From the beginning the Father gave Him a Name not of man’s choosing but of Heaven’s appointment. In this Name dwelleth the fullness of His glory, the authority of salvation, and the power to overcome the evil one.
If His true God-given Name is the light, then every counterfeit is but darkness.
If His Name is the key to eternal life, then a false name opens no godly door.
For how shall a lie carry the power of truth, and how shall the voice of the
Shepherd be known if His Name be altered by strangers?
“Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none
other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts
4:12)
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and
given Him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Christ every
knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the
earth.” (Philippians 2:9-10)

Opening Declaration
The literal birth-given name of the Messiah was Yehoshua, which means “YHWH is salvation.”
This name was spoken from Heaven through the angel and received by His earthly parents. It is the name Heaven authorized, carrying the covenant power to save, to heal, and to forgive sins.
Across history many have used other names; Jesus, Yeshua, Iesous, believing they are the same. Yet Heaven never transferred authority to men to alter or abbreviate the name that identifies the only begotten Son.
The true name of the Christ is Yehoshua, not Jesus nor Yeshua nor any later linguistic creation. The power of God rests in the name Heaven declared, not in human convenience.
This study exposes one of the greatest changes in human history: the alteration of the Name Heaven gave.
It weighs every translation and every refutation, letting Scripture and language reveal what was lost and how truth is being restored.
By the end, the disciple will see that the Name originally given by God Himself bears the full divine authority of salvation.

The Summary of this Study
This study will established the following truths:

1. The Messiah’s true name is Yehoshua, meaning “YHWH is salvation.”
The angel delivered this name from Heaven. It is not cultural or man-made; it is divine. (Matthew 1:21)

2. Language changes, but divine intent does not!
Greek, Latin, and English forms (Iesous, Iesus, Jesus) are transliterations, not new identities. The original meaning remains the measure of truth.

3. Power resides in divine authority, not pronunciation.
Miracles, healings, and salvation come by the authority of the Son of God. (Acts 3:6–7, Acts 4:12)

4. When revelation increases, obedience must follow.
God overlooks ignorance for a season but requires repentance once truth is revealed. (Acts 17:30)

5. Restoration is a sign of the last days.
Zephaniah 3:9 and Revelation 3:12point to a purification of language and worship as the Church prepares for the return of the King.

6. The Church must return to the foundations of faith and baptism.
Baptism in the name of the Messiah identifies the believer with His death and resurrection. (Romans 6:3–5)

7. Unity comes from truth, not compromise.
Jew and Gentile are one in the Messiah, but unity cannot come through confusion or distortion. (Ephesians 2:14–18)

8. The true Name glorifies the Father.
To speak or pray with understanding in the name Yehoshua is to give glory to YHWH Himself. (John 5:43)

THE REVELATION OF THE NAME
Throughout Scripture God attaches destiny to names.
Abram became Abraham (Genesis 17:5). Sarai became Sarah (Genesis 17:15). Jacob became Israel (Genesis 32:28). Each transformation sealed a covenant purpose.
So when Heaven sent an angel to Joseph, the command was deliberate:
“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21 KJV)
The Greek manuscripts read Iēsoun (Ἰησοῦν), a transliteration of the Hebrew Yehoshua. The meaning remains “YHWH is salvation.”
The angel did not choose an ordinary name but one that announced the gospel itself.
Names in Hebrew carry function. Yehoshua joins Yeho, a shortened form of YHWH, with yasha, meaning “to deliver” or “to rescue.” The name is a sentence: “YHWH saves.”
Every time His name is spoken, it declares the covenant promise of deliverance. Heaven’s decree embedded the plan of redemption inside a single word.

The Origin and Shortening of the Name
After Israel’s Babylonian exile, Hebrew pronunciation shifted. Longer theophoric names were often shortened for daily use.
Thus Yehoshua (iְהוֹשׁוּעַ) became Yeshua (iֵשׁוּעַ). 

The Scriptures record this contraction in Ezra 2:2, Nehemiah 7:7, and Haggai 1:1.
The reduction was a linguistic habit, not rebellion. Both forms refer to the same root meaning.
Yet when the angel spoke to Joseph, the full covenant form was restored, Yehoshua, calling Israel back to the promise first given through Moses and Joshua.
Joshua the son of Nun was the first to bear that name in Scripture:
“Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them. … As I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” (Joshua 1:1-5 KJV)
As the first Yehoshua led Israel into Canaan, the greater Yehoshua the Messiah leads humanity into eternal rest.
The parallel is divine design, not coincidence.

When the Gospel Was Written in Greek
The New Testament was penned in Greek, the common trade language of its day. Greek lacked several Hebrew sounds, so scribes wrote Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς) to represent the Name Yehoshua. This was transliteration, not invention; the apostles were recording in another alphabet the same divine Name Heaven had given.

Yet over centuries that transliteration was reinterpreted. As Latin and later English traditions detached the word Jesus from its Hebrew root Yehoshua, the link to “YHWH is salvation” was lost. The problem was never the Greek letters of the first-century record, but the later generations that treated the transliteration as a new identity instead of a representation of the old one.

Therefore, the earliest Greek writings carried the true meaning of the Name; later linguistic traditions replaced the meaning with convenience. The apostles preserved revelation, but religion converted it into repetition. Heaven never changed the Name. It was man who forgot what it meant.

Heavens Authority and Every Tongue Confessing

Acts 4:12 (KJV) fixes salvation to the Name Heaven gave:

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

This truth binds authority to divine origin.

Transliteration may record the sound, but authority belongs only to what Heaven appointed.

Language itself holds no divine power, yet Heaven chose language to reveal the one true Name, Yehoshua.

The power does not rest in human syllables, but in the covenant identity they declare. Heaven used sound and speech only as a bridge so that mankind could call upon the Name it appointed.

The apostles primarily ministered in Hebrew and Aramaic; the Greek record reflects their message through transliteration. They spoke in their native Hebrew tongue and declared the Name Yehoshua, meaning ‘YHWH is salvation. “When Greek scribes later recorded their testimony, they rendered the Name as Iēsous because the Greek alphabet lacks the “sh” sound and cannot end a masculine name with an “a.” This was a transliteration to fit Greek phonetics, not a change of identity. The spoken Name remained Yehoshua; the written form in Greek letters became Iēsous so that Gentile readers could recognize the same Redeemer. Thus, the apostles proclaimed the Hebrew Name, and Greek recorders preserved its meaning according to their language’s limits.

Scripture confirms this linguistic reality: Paul addressed the people “in the Hebrew tongue” (Acts 21:40), and the risen Christ spoke to him “in the Hebrew tongue” (Acts 26:14). Even the title above the cross was written “in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin” (John 19:19-20). These details reveal that the message was spoken in Hebrew and later written in other languages without altering its covenant meaning.

Translation, Revelation, and the Call to Study

Translation itself was never the problem; separation from revelation was.

When the apostles’ words were recorded or translated under the guidance of the Spirit, the power and message remained intact because Heaven guarded its meaning.

The Spirit preserved truth across languages so every nation could hear the same Gospel.

But when later generations translated by intellect instead of revelation, tradition replaced understanding and the power became veiled.

Every translation that is not guided by revelation departs from covenant power, for only revelation preserves the meaning Heaven gave.

No alphabet or language can add to the Name’s power, but any translation made without the Spirit can strip it of understanding.

The Name Yehoshua never changed, only man’s perception of it did.

The corruption of the Name also spread because believers stopped studying for themselves. A lack of deep study allowed tradition to replace truth. The true Name can be verified through Scripture, linguistic records, and concordances. Those who search diligently will see the pattern clearly, that the Name Yehoshua carries the meaning “YHWH is salvation,” while the substituted names do not.

Our greatest problem is not disbelief, it is ignorance. God said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6) And the solution He gave us is clear: “Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15)

How many truly recognize that this is the problem, and how many are willing to apply the fix? Until the believer returns to study, deception will remain. Truth is not hidden from us; it is hidden by neglect. Revelation belongs to those who seek it.

The Name Yehoshua was not meant to evolve; it was meant to endure. Heaven gave one Name to reveal salvation, not to be adapted, replaced, or reshaped by culture. Every translation that departs from revelation departs from covenant power.

No alphabet or translation can add to that power, and no one can replace it. The Name Yehoshua is not holy because men pronounce it, but because the Father decreed it.

When the believer speaks that Name with revelation and obedience, Heaven responds to the covenant it recognizes, not to the language that carries it. Philippians 2:9–11 declares: “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

The phrase “every tongue will confess” does not mean that every language may invent its own version of the Name. It declares that every nation and language will one day confess the same Lord, Yehoshua, the Name given by Heaven. Every tongue will speak it, not in human variation, but in revelation.

Heaven is not divided by alphabets. The meaning of the prophecy is unity of confession, not diversity of translation. The Father exalted one Name, not many versions of it. When every tongue confesses, it will not be the sound that men wrote into Scripture, but the Name Heaven wrote into covenant, Yehoshua, YHWH is salvation.

Meaning Retained vs Meaning Lost
The difference between Yehoshua and Iēsous is not only in letters, but also in meaning. Yehoshua in Hebrew means “YHWH is salvation.” The Name itself declares the covenant identity of the Father inside the Son. When translators replaced it with Iēsous, the divine element Yeho, the shortened form of YHWH,  was removed. The result was a name stripped of its covenant source.

Iēsous carries no declaration of “YHWH is salvation.” It is a Greek phonetic imitation, not a Hebrew revelation. When the meaning was lost, the power was veiled. Language preserved a sound, but Heaven binds authority to meaning, not to pronunciation.

Heaven never permitted the Name of salvation to be reduced to a linguistic shadow. The apostles proclaimed the full revelation: Yehoshua, YHWH is salvation.Every translation that omits the Father’s Name disconnects from the covenant identity that gives the Name its authority.

The world received a name that sounds similar, but only Yehoshua holds the substance. The Spirit bears witness to the truth, not to tradition. Every believer who seeks truth will find that the earliest manuscripts, concordances, and linguistic evidence all point back to the same revelation, Yehoshua, the only Name in which Heaven invested its meaning, power, and covenant life.

“Every tongue” means every nation and language will acknowledge the same Lord.
It is not license to rename Him, but revelation that all creation will worship one Messiah.
The identity remains constant even when alphabets differ, yet Heaven binds power to the Name it gave, not to any later version men created.
Transliteration may record how a word sounds, but it cannot replace what Heaven declared.
The authority of salvation does not come from accent or culture, it comes from the birth-given Name that the angel delivered and the Father approved.
To invoke that Name is to invoke the covenant identity of the Redeemer Himself.
Therefore, though many tongues will confess the same Lord, only the Name appointed by Heaven, Yehoshua, carries the full covenant authority of salvation.

THE APOSTLES SPOKE HEBREW NOT GREEK
The apostles were Hebrews, chosen by a Hebrew Messiah, and they ministered first to a Hebrew people. They may have understood Greek as a trade language, but their preaching, prayers, and baptisms were spoken in Hebrew, the language of the covenant.

The Greek writings that survive were written later to reach a wider audience, not to replace the original Hebrew testimony. Greek was the tool of translation, not the tongue of revelation. The apostles did not proclaim Iēsous, they declared Yehoshua, the Name given from Heaven and confirmed by the Spirit.

When Greek translators recorded their accounts, they used the alphabet of their culture to describe what they heard, but Heaven did not transfer its authority to that alphabet. The Name was not Greek, and it was never meant to be. Heaven’s covenant Name remained in the tongue of its origin, Hebrew, because covenant identity is tied to covenant language.

Every divine covenant throughout Scripture was revealed, spoken, and sealed in Hebrew. Abraham, Moses, David, and the prophets all received God’s words in that same sacred tongue. It is the language of creation, revelation, and redemption. The Messiah continued in that same pattern, and so did His apostles.

Greek preserved the testimony, but Hebrew carried the covenant. The Name Yehoshuastands as Heaven’s seal upon that covenant, unbroken by time or translation. To return to the Name is to return to the original voice of Heaven.

The Original Message Was Hebrew

The words of the apostles were first spoken and recorded in Hebrew, the sacred language of the covenant. Later writers translated their testimony into Greek to reach Gentile readers under Roman rule. The translation preserved the message, but not the divine Name in its original form.

Heaven did not choose Greek to reveal salvation; Heaven chose Hebrew. Every covenant in Scripture began and was sealed in that language, the language in which God spoke to Adam, Abraham, Moses, and the prophets. The Son 

continued the same pattern, speaking to His people in the tongue of the covenant, not the language of the empire.

The Greek texts were not the source of revelation; they were faithful witnesses of it.

The Spirit first breathed the message into Hebrew hearts, and scribes later carried it into Greek letters so the nations could receive it.

When guided by revelation, that translation preserved the same truth and power.

Only when later traditions relied on intellect instead of the Spirit did the meaning become veiled beneath human alphabet and philosophy.

Heaven’s covenant is not confined to Hebrew syllables but revealed wherever revelation preserves the Name’s meaning.

The language of the prophets declared it first, and the Spirit continues to declare it through every tongue that honors the Name Yehoshua, YHWH is salvation.

The Name Yehoshua appeared in Hebrew writings and inscriptions centuries before the Greek form Iēsous existed. The Greeks had no sound for “YH” and no letter for the “sh” in Yehoshua, so they replaced it with “s” and dropped the Father’s Name entirely. The result was a man-made adaptation, not a divine revelation.

Heaven’s covenant cannot be translated; only described. Salvation was never given in the language of philosophers but in the tongue of prophets. The words of the apostles in Greek record the truth, but only the Hebrew preserves the power.

To return to the original language is to return to the original revelation. The Hebrew foundation restores the Name, meaning, and covenant the world lost through translation. The true New Covenant begins where the first language of Heaven is honored again, in the Name Yehoshua, YHWH is salvation.

Historical Evidence Note

Though no complete first-century Hebrew manuscripts of the New Testament have survived, abundant linguistic and historical evidence confirms that the original message was first spoken, written, or structured in Hebrew and Aramaic forms before it reached Greek recorders.

Several early sources and modern scholars support this truth:

• Papias of Hierapolis (circa 120 CE) wrote, “Matthew collected the oracles in the Hebrew language, and each interpreted them as best he could.”(Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.39.16). This is one of the earliest testimonies that a Gospel was originally written in Hebrew.

• George Howard (The Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, Mercer Univ. Press, 1995) demonstrated that a Hebrew version of Matthew, preserved in medieval manuscripts, carried internal signs of descending from an ancient Semitic original rather than a Greek copy.

• Jean Carmignac, French Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, concluded in La naissance des Évangiles synoptiques (1984) that the Synoptic Gospels were first composed in Hebrew or Aramaic before being translated into Greek.

• Matthew Black, An Aramaic Approach to the Gospels and Acts(Oxford, 1946), documented over two hundred Semitic idioms and syntactical structures embedded in Greek Gospel manuscripts proof of a Hebrew-Aramaic substrate behind the Greek text.

• Linguistic patterns throughout the New Testament (parallelisms, Hebraic rhythm, and wordplay that only works in Hebrew) confirm that Greek writers were translating from Semitic thought, not inventing new phrasing.

Therefore, even though Greek manuscripts became the dominant written form, the message and meaning were born in Hebrew revelation and later carried through Greek letters so the nations could hear.

The language may have changed; the source of revelation did not. The covenant Name, first spoken in Hebrew, remained the same in authority wherever truth preserved its meaning.

THE MIRACLE OF PENTECOST
When the Holy Spirit descended on the day of Pentecost, Heaven confirmed the power and authority of the risen Messiah before the eyes of the world.
“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” (Acts 2:1–4 KJV)
This miracle was not about replacing the Name but about amplifying its reach. The Spirit gave the apostles the ability to speak in many languages so that all nations could understand one message, not create many versions of the Messiah’s name.
“Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.” (Acts 2:6 KJV)
Every man heard the same gospel in his own tongue. The miracle did not multiply identities but multiplied understanding. It was Heaven’s way of saying, “The Name I gave will now be heard in every language, yet it remains one.”

Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, declared before all of Israel:
“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.” (Acts 2:36 KJV)
Peter was not introducing a Greek version of the Hebrew Messiah. He was confirming that the One whom Israel crucified, Yehoshua the Anointed One was indeed the promised Redeemer. The translation Iesous in Greek captured the sound of His name in the language of the crowd, but the authority behind that name remained the same covenant identity.
The Pentecost event therefore proves that the Spirit validated the message, not the language.
The Holy Ghost gave power to proclaim the same Yehoshua, the same risen Lord, to every nation without altering the truth of who He was.

THE TRILINGUAL WITNESS OF THE CROSS
When the Messiah was crucified, the Roman governor Pilate ordered a sign placed above His head.
“And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.” (John 19:19–20 KJV)
This trilingual inscription carried deep symbolism. Pilate’s purpose was political, but Heaven allowed it to bear witness to something eternal.
The same truth was written in the three dominant languages of the world, Hebrew (the language of covenant and religion), Greek (the language of culture and philosophy), and Latin (the language of government and empire).
In other words, Heaven used even the political systems of men to declare that this Yehoshua, King of the Jews, was the rightful Lord over religion, wisdom, and power.
Pilate may have mocked, but Heaven was proclaiming a coronation. The sign stood as a prophecy that the Name of the King would be read by all nations. The title was not authorization to rename Him but a witness that every system of the world must recognize His kingship.

THE WORLD’S GREATEST SUBSTITUTION
Satan’s strategy has always been to offer a counterfeit that looks close enough to the original that most will accept it. He does not need to create atheists; he only needs to create believers in a false version of truth.
By changing the Name, he replaced the covenant. By convincing believers that
baptism is symbolic, he replaced obedience with ceremony. By teaching that
belief alone saves, he replaced faith with assumption.

The hidden and the New Names in Revelation
The book of Revelation gives glimpses of Christ’s glorified identity, showing titles that express His victory, not replacements for His original name.
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself.” (Revelation 19:11–12 KJV)
Here John describes the mystery of the glorified Christ. The “name that no man knew” represents dimensions of divine nature still hidden from human understanding. It does not mean the earthly name has been replaced but that Heaven contains depths of revelation that mortal language cannot express.
Revelation 3:12 (KJV) records the promise given to the faithful:
“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from My God: and I will write upon him My new name.”
Here the “new name” signifies the eternal glorification of the same Messiah who was crucified and resurrected. Heaven adds honor and titles as rewards, not substitutions.
He is the same Yehoshua who walked among men, now revealed in full majesty.
In Revelation 22:3–4 (KJV), the redeemed are marked with His name:
“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him: and they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.”
The same divine Name that carried power on earth will be written upon the redeemed in eternity. That Name is not an invention of translation but the seal of the covenant between God and His people.

Yehoshua and the Iesous in the Scriptures
Both Testaments preserve the continuity of Yehoshua’s identity. The Old Testament foretold His coming, and the New Testament confirmed Him through the same root name.
In the Greek text of Hebrews 4:8 (KJV), the writer compares the Messiah with Joshua, son of Nun:
“For if Jesus had given them rest, then would He not afterward have spoken of another day.”
The context reveals that the “Jesus” mentioned here is actually Joshua of the Old Covenant. The same Greek spelling, Iesous, was used for both Joshua and the Messiah. That alone proves that early believers understood Iesous to represent the same Hebrew name Yehoshua.
Stephen’s speech in Acts 7:45 (KJV) adds another witness:
“Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers.”
Again, “Jesus” here refers to Joshua son of Nun.
The Holy Spirit guided the translators of Scripture to show that the same name carried through both covenants, the name that means “Yahweh saves.”
This connection is not coincidence. It proves continuity from Joshua’s conquest to the Messiah’s salvation.

The Contraction Yeshua and the Fullness of Yehoshua
The shortened form Yeshua appears in the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Haggai. Linguistically, it is a contraction of Yehoshua. Hebrew scholars confirm this through the root construction of both names:
• Yeho (from YHWH) + shua (from yasha, to save).
When shortened to Yeshua, the divine prefix Yeho becomes implied rather than pronounced. The meaning remains the same, but the fullness of the covenant declaration is reduced in sound.
Nehemiah 8:17 (KJV) records: “And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.”
The text uses “Jeshua,” reflecting the post-exilic contraction. The name was easier to pronounce during the period of Aramaic influence in Israel, yet its origin remained Yehoshua.
Thus Yeshua was never a separate identity but a spoken shorthand for the same covenant name.
The angel’s message to Joseph in Matthew 1:21 restored the original fullness of that name, reuniting the declaration “Yahweh is salvation” with the Son who embodied it.
The Messiah’s name was not a cultural nickname but a divine proclamation.
Heaven intentionally restored the full form, for this was the moment salvation itself entered the world.
“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus (Yehoshua): for He shall save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21 KJV)
God did not leave His Son’s naming to cultural trends. He dictated it directly.
When men later shortened or changed the sound of that name, Heaven did not authorize it.
To understand this distinction is not legalism, it is reverence. See study 37 (truth or deceit) for more on legalism. The more one understands God’s exactness, the more one desires to honor Him precisely as He revealed Himself.

The Greek Transmission and the Spread of the Gospel
The message of salvation had to reach beyond Israel. Greek was the international language of trade and diplomacy. For the gospel to reach the nations, it had to be written in Greek.
However, Greek had phonetic limitations.
It lacked the letter shin (ש) that produces the “sh” sound, so translators replaced it with sigma (s).
It also lacked a final consonant like ayin (ע), so they added the masculine -s ending common to Greek names.
Thus Yehoshua became Iesous (Ἰησοῦς).
The apostles were not renaming the Messiah; they were adapting His name to a language that could not replicate Hebrew precisely. The same root identity carried over.
The apostles proclaimed the same divine Name, Yehoshua, in every language they spoke.
When their words were later recorded in Greek, scribes used the term Iēsousto represent Yehoshua in that alphabet.
This was not a new name, only a transliteration made to fit the limits of the Greek language.
The apostles themselves did not invent or authorize that Greek form, but Heaven still honored their testimony because the meaning remained Yehoshua, YHWH is salvation.
Over time, later translators turned Iēsous into Jesus, and in that process the connection to the Father’s Name was lost. The issue was never the Greek alphabet, but the generations that forgot what it represented and how the true name Yehoshua was changed into something else.
The apostles preached revelation; later religion turned revelation into repetition.
“For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. … To them that were without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” (1 Corinthians 9:19, 21–22 KJV)
His flexibility never compromised truth.
He adjusted his communication to reach souls, not to alter revelation.
The name Iesous in Greek manuscripts therefore reflect missionary necessity, not doctrinal innovation.
In modern times, Jesus is the English equivalent of Iesous. The sound may differ, but the meaning is traced to the same Hebrew source.
Yet, as understanding returns to the Church, the Spirit is calling believers back to the root, to remember that every translation points back to one original Name: Yehoshua, Yahweh is salvation.

The Spread and Preservation of Meaning
God preserved His Word even through linguistic transitions. Despite centuries of change, the message remains intact: salvation is in the Son whom YHWH sent.
The miracle of preservation proves God’s sovereignty over language.
Even when alphabets shifted and pronunciations varied, the Holy Spirit ensured that every generation could call on the same Savior.
This is why Joel 2:32 (KJV) could declare with prophetic certainty:
“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered.”
That “name of the Lord” is not a translation of human invention but the eternal covenant Name revealed by God Himself.
Through the Spirit’s guidance, men of every language have been able to call upon Him and find mercy.
But now that the full understanding of His Name is being restored, believers are accountable to walk in that light.
Knowledge brings responsibility, and responsibility demands obedience.

Linguistic
Proof from Scripture
Strong’s
G2424 (Iēsous) comes “of Hebrew origin [H3091].”
H3091 is יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (Yehoshua) meaning “Jehovah-saved.”
Thus,
the true birth Name of the only begotten Son is יהושוע (Yehoshua), not יֵשׁוּעַ
of four letters but יהושוע of six. Transliterate יהושוע into English and you
get Joshua, not Jesus.
Search
the Old Testament and you will see the same pattern:
Numbers 13:16“And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.”
Zechariah 6:11-12 “Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH.” Joshua son of Josedech was a foreshadow of the Messiah, bearing the same God-given Name.

When the angel spoke to Joseph in Matthew 1:21, “Thou shalt call His name Yehoshua, for He shall save His people from their sins.” He was not speaking of Jesus, a Greek construction unknown to Heaven, but of the ancient Name chosen of God.
Translate Yehoshua into other languages and it always remains Joshua (Iosue, Josué, Joshua). Translate it wrongly and it becomes Jesus, a name that never existed until centuries later.
So, think about it: if the Gospel says that the Name of Yehoshua has power, will that power remain if we replace it with Jesus or Yeshua? God forbid.

How the Counterfeit Name Spread
Most people use the name Jesus without ever questioning whether that is truly His Name. Yet “Jesus” is not His real Name, and this is one of the greatest
accepted lies within modern Christianity. A Name that very few choose to
examine and verify according to the Word of God.
Those few who study usually find what they already expect to see. They search or translate “Jesus” into Hebrew and to their amazement find יֵשׁוּעַ with
a smaller note saying “Noun Yeshua – see dictionary.” Did you notice that?
Yeshu, then the apostrophe and the “a.”
Others translate “Jesus” into Greek and find Ιησούς (Iēsous) with the note
“Noun Jesus – see dictionary.” And so, they continue with “Jesus this” and
“Jesus that.” When someone says, “His name is יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshua HaMashiach),” they answer, “Well yes, but His English name is Jesus and that’s fine.” Others excuse it saying, “God knows my heart,” or “God understands we
are in America.”
Some even accuse me of being legalistic, yet the Scripture says,
“I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my
name, … which think to cause my people to forget my name … as their fathers
have forgotten my name for Baal.” (Jeremiah 23:25-27)

Very few know how to use a concordance, and even fewer know that one exists. Those who do will discover that the name “Jesus” is:
Strong’s Number G2424
Greek Word: Ἰησοῦς - Transliteration: Iēsous (phonetic ee-ay-sooce’)
Definition: Jesus (that is Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two
(three) other Israelites - Origin: Of Hebrew origin [H3091]
They read this and think it is wonderful, believing that they have verified the
English name for Christ as Jesus. Thanks to online resources, they translate יֵשׁוּעַ into many languages: Irish Íosa, French Jésus, Latin Jesus, Malay Yesus, German Jesus, and it ends there.
They believe without question that the name of the Son of God in the English
language is Jesus, and they also learn that His legal birth name was “Yeshua.”

Here is where the division begins.
Most believers continue to use Jesus while a few begin to use Yeshua, thinking they have found the true Name. Yet even Yeshua is incorrect.

The Pharisees’ Corruption of the Name 

From the beginning, the rulers of Israel conspired to hide His identity. After the
resurrection they bribed the soldiers, saying, “Say ye, His disciples came by
night, and stole Him away while we slept.” (Matthew 28:12-13)
They sought to erase not only His body but His testimony. In later generations, the Pharisees mocked the Messiah’s Name itself. Out of their hatred came the
shortened form “Yeshu” (יֵשׁוּ), which in their writings stood as an acronym
for “Yimach Shemo ve-Zikro” (ימחק שמו וזכרו) meaning “May his name and memory be blotted out.”
Would the Father give His Son a name used as a curse? God forbid.
“I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not, if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” (John 5:43)
Even today, much of the religious world follows after those same Pharisaic
traditions, adopting their shortened and altered names. Shall the children of
light take truth from the enemies of Christ?

The Modern Church and the Lost Authority
Many say, “It doesn’t matter what language I use, God knows who I mean.” But that is not how covenants work. The authority of a name does not depend on intention; it depends on accuracy.
Would you sign a legal document under the wrong name and expect it to be valid? Of course not. Then how can we expect a spiritual covenant to stand when we call upon a name Heaven never authorized?
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6)
Those who continue in error after hearing truth are not innocent. God is merciful toward ignorance, but He requires obedience when revelation comes.
“For to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it
is sin.” (James 4:17)

The Difference Between Jesus, Yeshua and Yehoshua
The name Jesus was formed through several linguistic transitions. The Hebrew
Yehoshua was shortened to Yeshua, then transliterated into Greek as Iēsous,
and later Latinized to Iesus, before the English translation Jesus emerged
around the 16th century. Every change moved it further away from the original
God-given form.
The letter “J” itself did not exist in the English alphabet until the 1500s. Prior
to that, the name appeared as Iesus or Iesous. Therefore, anyone living before
that period could not even pronounce “Jesus.”
How can a name that did not exist at the time of the Apostles be the name “given under heaven among men”?
Yehoshua is not merely a linguistic issue; it is a theological one. The name Yehoshua (יהושוע) combines two root words: “YHWH” (Yah) and “yasha” (to save). It literally means “Yah saves.” It declares the identity of the Son as one with the Father.
The name “Jesus” has no such meaning. It carries no divine root, no connection to the Father’s Name, no prophetic fulfillment.
“I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not.” (John
5:43) When His Name is spoken correctly, it contains the testimony of who He is: the embodiment of the Father’s salvation.

How Language Was Used to Deceive
Satan works through confusion. He does not always remove truth outright; he buries it under layers of translation and tradition. The Pharisees shortened the name out of mockery, and the translators of later centuries changed it out of ignorance.
Both served the same enemy.
“They gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His
disciples came by night, and stole Him away while we slept.” (Matthew
28:12-13)
The early religious rulers conspired to erase the true Name and spread a false
witness. This same spirit has continued through the generations.
Each step away from Yehoshua weakened the church’s understanding of covenant authority. The first believers healed the sick and raised the dead because they invoked the true Name. The modern church struggles to overcome sin because it has abandoned it.

THE AUTHORITY AND POWER OF THE TRUE NAME

In John 5:43 (KJV), the Messiah gave a statement that defines the divine structure of authority: “I am come in My Father’s name, and ye receive Me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”

To come in the Father’s name means to carry the authority, mission, and identity of the Father.

The Name Yehoshua literally bears the Father’s name, Yeho, the abbreviated form of YHWH.

The Son carries the Father’s covenant within His very identity.

If the Father’s name is YHWH, and the Son’s name means “YHWH is salvation,” then calling upon any name that omits or replaces YHWH disconnects the covenant from its divine source.

This is why the original Name carries unmatched power, because it is inseparable from the Father Himself.

“The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” (Proverbs 18:10 KJV)

That tower is not made of syllables; it is made of authority.

But the syllables were given to reveal that authority on earth.

When the believer calls on Yehoshua, he calls on the fullness of YHWH’s salvation, both the covenant name and the covenant promise combined.

Acts 2:38 (KJV) anchors baptism to this very truth: “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

The Scriptures record the word Jesus only because later translators replaced the original Hebrew Name with a form that matched their language.

Peter did not speak that word.

When he spoke these words, his mouth declared Yehoshua, the Name given by Heaven through the angel.

Luke, writing his account in Greek, used the letters Ιησούς (Iēsous) to represent the same Name, and later copyists turned that form into Jesus in English.

But none of those alphabets ever changed Heaven’s decree.

The power was never in the translation; it was in the identity, Yehoshua, YHWH is salvation.

Therefore, every reference in English Bibles that reads Jesus must be understood as Yehoshua, the true Name the apostles spoke, and the Spirit confirmed through miracles.

Heaven recognizes only that Name, not the later substitutions men have written.

The apostles did not speak the name Iēsous; later Greek writers wrote that form to record their witness.

It was never a new name, only the closest representation of Yehoshua that the Greek alphabet could produce.

Heaven still honored their testimony because the revelation remained the same, even if the letters differed.

Heaven never gave that name, and the apostles never spoke it, wrote it, or invoked it.

The men who walked with the Messiah proclaimed salvation in the Name Yehoshua, the true God-given Name meaning YHWH is salvation.

When the writers of later manuscripts used Iēsous, they did so to fit their alphabet, not by divine revelation.

But Heaven never transferred its authority to that adaptation.

Yehoshua was the Name spoken by the angel, confirmed by the Spirit, and obeyed by the apostles.

Every miracle, every baptism, and every act of power in the early church came through that one Name alone.

The substitution of Iēsous and, later, Jesus, was a work of human translation, not divine instruction.

It carries no covenant recognition, no heavenly signature, and no power of remission.

Heaven’s decree stands: Only the Name Yehoshua holds legal, spiritual, and covenant authority before the Father.

All other names are the inventions of men, written into Scripture but never spoken by the witnesses who walked with the Son of God.

There is divine power in the true Name because authority is tied to divine origin.

The apostles never claimed power in human translation; they invoked Heaven’s decree that came through Yehoshua, the one Name given by the Father.

The word authority (exousia) in Greek means legal right, power of choice, and delegated jurisdiction.

When the apostles used His Name, they were acting under Heaven’s highest authorization.

When Peter lifted the lame man at the gate, it was not by religious phrase or borrowed sound, it was by the living authority of Yehoshua the Messiah, the same Name that Heaven had spoken, sealed, and confirmed with power.

Every act, every miracle, and every baptism of the early church came from that same covenant command.

“Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the Name of Yehoshua the Messiah of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” (Acts 3:6)

The translators later wrote Iēsous in Greek, and centuries after that, Jesus in English.

But the apostles themselves spoke the Name the angel delivered, Yehoshua, and Heaven bore witness through miracles, healings, and deliverance.

The Spirit responded not to man’s alphabet, but to the covenant identity of the Son of God.

When Peter declared this miracle, he immediately clarified the source of that power: “The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified His Son Yehoshua, whom ye delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.” (Acts 3:13, clarified from original Hebrew meaning)

In Hebrew thought, “the Name” means the total nature, character, and authority of the person.

To act in the Name means to act as His representative, backed by His full power.

Thus, when Peter spoke in Yehoshua’s Name, Heaven heard the same authority that spoke to Moses from the burning bush.

It is not the letters or the sound of the syllables that heal; it is the identity, obedience, and covenant authority carried in that Name.

Yet, when a believer understands the true Name, reverence compels alignment.

Love for God drives precision, not pride.

The more truth a soul receives, the more it desires to honor Him exactly as He revealed Himself.

The closer one walks with God, the more one desires precision, because love always pursues accuracy.

“Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only.” (James 1:22)

“Let every one that nameth the Name of Christ depart from iniquity.” (2 Timothy 2:19)

The apostles’ authority was not linguistic, it was covenantal.

Their power flowed from obedience to revelation, and their revelation rested on the Name Yehoshua, meaning YHWH is salvation.

To call upon that Name is to invoke Heaven’s own covenant promise.

Every translation may attempt to describe Him, but only Yehoshua declares Him.

MERCY, GRACE AND CORRECTION

For generations, millions have prayed, preached, and sung using the translated name Jesus. God, in His mercy, has often answered those prayers, not because the name carried covenant power, but because He looked upon faith and sincerity.
Yet answered prayer is not salvation. Mercy may move God’s hand for a moment, but salvation and sealing require covenant obedience. Heaven’s mercy may respond to faith in ignorance, but Heaven’s authority responds only to the Name it appointed Yehoshua.

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent.” (Acts 17:30)

Mercy proves God’s goodness; obedience proves man’s submission. Mercy covers ignorance; truth demands repentance. Mercy may open the door, but only obedience to revelation keeps it open.
That season of mercy was never permission to remain in error; it was grace giving time to awaken. Once truth is revealed, mercy yields to accountability. Heaven now calls every believer who has heard this truth to align faith with obedience, confession with revelation, and baptism with the Name Heaven recognizes, Yehoshua, the only Name that seals the covenant.

Even the demons understand this authority:

“Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus… and the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?” (Acts 19:13–16)

The demons recognized Paul because he carried the true authority of Yehoshua, not a borrowed or translated form. Those men used a name Heaven never authorized, and the spirit realm rejected them.
Yehoshua Himself warned of this same false confidence:

“Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name… and in Thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.” (Matthew 7:22–23)

They claimed His name, but Heaven did not recognize their authority. Faith without alignment is presumption; confession without covenant is deception. Only those sealed through obedience to the true Name, Yehoshua, are known and acknowledged before the Father.
The believer who learns the truth of the Name should not boast but bow. Knowledge must produce humility, not pride. Revelation without love becomes arrogance; love without truth becomes deception. The Spirit of God brings both together, truth with love, precision with mercy.

Mercy and grace are not the same, and neither operates automatically.
Grace opens the door, mercy guards the covenant. Grace gives what we do not deserve; mercy withholds what we do deserve. Yet mercy always follows obedience, never rebellion.
YHWH declares that He shows mercy unto thousands who love Him and keep His commandments (Exodus 20:6; Deuteronomy 5:10). Mercy is the fruit of obedience, not the foundation for it. Grace invites, obedience answers, and mercy rewards.
Grace begins the journey; obedience proves faith; mercy seals the covenant. Heaven’s mercy is a response to surrender, not a substitute for it. Grace initiates salvation; mercy sustains it through continual obedience to the truth.

This is why the sons of Sceva were defeated, they used a name Heaven never gave (Acts 19:13–16). Their attempt proved that authority cannot be borrowed or imitated; it must be granted through covenant relationship. And this is why Yehoshua declared, “I never knew you,” to those who worked miracles yet lacked obedience (Matthew 7:22–23).
Mercy may respond to need, but salvation responds to obedience.
Only those who know Him by His true Name and walk in His commandments abide under grace and remain within the covenant of mercy.

THE EARLY WITNESS OF THE CHURCH
The earliest believers were Hebrews who spoke both Aramaic and Greek. They read the Scriptures in Hebrew and the Septuagint (Greek translation). They knew both Yehoshua and Iesous referred to the same person. To them, the Name was sacred regardless of language, but they never separated meaning from revelation.
Historical writings from the first centuries confirm this. Early Jewish believers referred to the Messiah as Yeshua or Yehoshua, while Greek-speaking believers wrote Iesous. Both confessed the same Lord.
The problem began generations later, when Gentile Christianity became detached from Hebrew roots. When Latin became dominant, the original meaning of the name was forgotten. The sound changed from Iesous to Iesus, and later to Jesus after the introduction of the letter J in English. The divine meaning, YHWH is salvation, was lost to common understanding.
But the early Church did not change the Name; later generations lost its meaning through neglect.
God’s promise of preservation remained intact. Psalm 12:6–7 (KJV) declares:
“The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”
Though languages changed, the Spirit preserved the truth for those who seek it. The restoration of the Name is not a new doctrine; it is a return to what the apostles already knew.

THE DAYS OF LOT, A PATTERN OF THE FEW

In the days of Lot, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were full of corruption. The people lived in comfort, pleasure, and sin, blind to the judgment that was coming. They married, drank, and celebrated as if life would go on forever. The warnings of righteousness sounded like foolishness to them.

When the Lord revealed His plan to destroy the cities, Abraham interceded and pleaded for mercy.

He asked, “Wilt Thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?” (Genesis 18:23)

Starting with fifty righteous, then forty-five, forty, thirty, twenty, and finally ten, Abraham begged for God’s mercy.

The Lord answered, “I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.” (Genesis 18:32)

But even ten could not be found.

Only Lot, his wife, and his two daughters were brought out by the angels before destruction fell. Out of thousands of people in the cities, only four escaped, and even then, Lot’s wife turned back and was destroyed. (Genesis 19:26)

That left three who truly survived, less than one percent of the population, a literal remnant.

The people had been warned, but they mocked and ignored the message. Lot’s sons-in-law thought he was joking. They were too comfortable to believe that danger was real. “While they lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand.” (Genesis 19:16)

Even Lot hesitated, showing how powerful the pull of compromise can be.

Then judgment came. Fire and brimstone rained from Heaven, and the cities that once glittered with life became ashes. Their destruction stands as a warning to every generation after them.
Today, many claim salvation, but their lives are unchanged. They confess with their lips but continue to live in sin. They have emotion, but not power. They have religion, but not relationship.
“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.” (Matthew 15:8)
They call upon the name of Jesus, yet that name was never spoken by the Apostles.
They pray, but Heaven does not answer. They sing, but demons are not cast out.
They gather, but the Spirit does not move. Why? Because the covenant Name has been removed.
If the church were truly using the God-given Name, it would walk in the same power as the early church. The blind would see, the lame would walk, and the dead would rise. But the world has accepted another name and another gospel.
“For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not
preached, or if ye receive another spirit, or another gospel, ye might well
bear with him.” (2 Corinthians 11:4)
The “Jesus” of modern religion is not the Yehoshua of Scripture. The false name carries no authority, and the false gospel carries no power.

The Few Who Escape

If you apply Lot’s story to our time, the pattern is clear. The ratio of those who escaped in Sodom,  about 0.03 percent, mirrors the narrow path Christ spoke of.

“Enter ye in at the strait gate… for narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Matthew 7:13–14)

In your example of 10,000 who come to Christ:

Stage Description  Remaining  % of 10,000

Called, Hear of Christ through the name “Jesus.”   10,000 = 100%

Awakened Seek deeper understanding, find “Yeshua.”  2,500 = 25%

Chosen, Discover and walk in the true Name “Yehoshua.”  625=6.25%

Faithful and Obedient Endure to the end, refusing to look back. 60=0.6%

Even here, the pattern of reduction continues, just as in Sodom. The closer one gets to truth, the fewer remain.

The message is clear: we are living in the days of Lot again. The world is busy building, marrying, partying, and preaching comfort while the storm of judgment gathers above them. Most believers are asleep, satisfied with tradition, unwilling to question what they were taught. Few are searching for the fullness of truth.

The Legal Right of the True Name
The covenant of salvation operates under divine law. A legal contract requires the correct identity of both parties.
Heaven’s covenant is no different. The Father has given one Name through which all spiritual transactions occur.
If you were baptized in another name, you were never sealed. If you prayed in
another name, you were never granted the legal authority that Heaven
recognizes.
I know what many of you are thinking after hearing that. “Are you saying that all the people who followed Christ and were baptized didn’t make it to heaven?” Because most of those you know who call themselves Christians were baptized in the name of Jesus, not Jehoshua.

But understand this: you were not there, and you are not them. Only God knows the heart. Only He knows who truly sought truth, who walked in partial light, and who rejected it when it was revealed. It is written, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12).

The Word also says, “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14). And again, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many will stand before Him saying they preached, cast out demons, and performed wonders in His name, and He will answer, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness” (Matthew 7:22–23).

So rather than debating who made it and who didn’t, focus on what you must do now that truth has been revealed to you. For judgment begins at the house of God, and the Word declares, “If the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?” (1 Peter 4:17–18).

Your responsibility is clear, make sure your own calling and election are sure (2 Peter 1:10).

When the Apostles declared the Name of Yehoshua over the baptized, they enacted Heaven’s decree of remission. The name Jesus is an error of translation, not a heavenly recognition.
“For whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give
it you.” (John 16:23) That promise does not apply to any name. It applies to the true one. When believers use the wrong name, they step outside divine jurisdiction. The
prayers may sound sincere, but the legal authority of Heaven is missing.

THE TRUE PROBLEM - OURSELVES

The real problem is not Satan, not the counterfeits, and not even our families.

The problem is us.

We fail to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12).

We do not do the work.

We do not search.

We do not study.

We do not verify.

We do not test the spirits.

It is our own fault that we fall short of salvation, because God has never stopped reaching. He is always sending, always warning, always showing. Yet we are the ones who stop listening.

We give in to the flesh.

We give in to the world.

We give in to comfort, pride, and even family.

It is easier to stay busy in religion than to be broken in repentance.

It is easier to be comfortable in tradition than to confront truth.

And because of that, many will call upon God, but few will be known by Him.

True Faith and the Command of Obedience
Faith must be proven by obedience. True believers follow truth wherever it leads, even when it challenges tradition.
“Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”
(Luke 6:46)
When Christ commands baptism in His Name, He does not allow substitutes. The same God who destroyed Nadab and Abihu for offering strange fire will not accept strange names in His covenant.
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Proverbs 14:12)
Obedience is not optional. Salvation is not secured through emotion or tradition. It must follow the pattern established by Christ and the Apostles.

The True Pattern of Salvation
The plan of salvation is simple yet absolute:
1. Believe the Gospel.
2. Repent of sins.
3. Be baptized in the true Name of Yehoshua for remission.
4. Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
5. Walk in holiness and obedience.
This pattern is repeated throughout Scripture. To remove one step is to break the covenant.
“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” (Mark 16:16)
“Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5)
Faith without baptism is incomplete. Baptism without the true Name is invalid. The Spirit without obedience is counterfeit. Only when all are present is salvation complete.

Examine Your Salvation 

Beloved, this study is not written to argue with anyone, but to awaken those who truly seek the truth of Christ. The Spirit of Truth is moving in this hour to separate the called from the chosen. It is revealing where the enemy has deceived the world, and it is bringing the Church back into covenant alignment with God.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15)
If you have been taught that believing alone saves, that baptism is optional, or
that any name is acceptable to God, then you must examine what you were taught.
Because if it does not align with Scripture, it cannot lead to salvation.
Salvation requires full obedience, not partial belief. Heaven recognizes covenant, not confession alone.
Ask yourself these questions honestly and prayerfully:

Was I baptized for the remission of my sins, or only as a symbolic gesture of
faith?
Was I baptized in the true God-given Name of Yehoshua the Messiah, or in the name of Jesus Christ, which never existed at the time of the Apostles?
Was the person who baptized me ordained by God, or simply appointed by men?
Did I repent with a broken heart and confess my sins aloud before entering the
water?
Did I call upon His Name during baptism as Scripture commands?
Did I receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit afterward, confirming that Heaven accepted my obedience?
If you cannot answer yes to every one of these questions with full certainty, then
your salvation must be re-examined.
“And now why tarriest thou, arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” (Acts 22:16)

The Danger of False Security
The most dangerous lie Satan has ever planted is the belief that you can be saved while still living in partial truth. He whispers, “God understands, He knows your heart.” Yes, God knows your heart, and He also knows when it rejects truth.
“For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull
of hearing, and their eyes they have closed.” (Matthew 13:15)
Many will stand before Christ saying, “Lord, Lord, have
we not done many wonderful works in thy name?” Yet He will answer, “I never knew you.” Why? Because they were disobedient and rejected truth, most without even giving a chance to test it, verify it, or even being obedient as to trying to correct the one giving the information. Wrong name followed the wrong gospel and obeyed the doctrines of men instead of the commands of God.

Partial obedience is still disobedience. It cannot be justified by sincerity. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

Remission, Not Emotion
True baptism is not an emotional ceremony; it is a spiritual transaction. It is the
moment when the blood of Christ is applied to your life.
It is not a feeling, it is a covenant.
If your baptism did not include the remission of sins in His true Name, then the
blood was never applied. Without the Name, the water is just water.
“For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins.” (Matthew 26:28)
“Be baptized every one of you in the name of Yehoshua the
Messiah for the remission of sins.” (Acts 2:38)
To be baptized under a different way or false name is to perform a ceremony without Heaven’s acknowledgment. Or do you believe that every righteous person that was baptized (sprinkled) in the Roman Catholic church and has died, is in heaven right now? “If the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?” (1 Peter 4:17–18).

That is why so many believers feel “saved” yet remain bound by sin. The covenant never took place.
If you were baptized under the name Jesus, you were baptized in a name created by translators more than a thousand years after Christ walked the earth. That name has no Hebrew root, no divine link, and no covenant power.

The Call to True Obedience
The time for confusion is over. God is calling His people back to the truth of His Word. He is restoring His Name, His covenant, and His authority among those who truly desire salvation.
“Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her
sins.” (Revelation 18:4)
This call is not to reject Christ but to honor Him by using the Name the Father gave Him. It is to receive the Gospel of Christ, not the traditions of men.
If you have been baptized incorrectly, repent and be baptized again in the true
Name of Yehoshua the Messiah for the remission of sins. Do not delay. Eternity is too valuable to risk.
“To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” (James 4:17)

THE COVENANT OF SALVATION AND BAPTISM
From the very beginning, God established covenants with His people, each sealed by an act of obedience. Noah built the ark. Abraham left his homeland. Moses circumcised his sons. Every act of faith required obedience before the promise was fulfilled.
The New Covenant is no different. It is sealed through water baptism in the true God-given Name of Yehoshua, the Messiah.
“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that
believeth not shall be damned.” (Mark 16:16)
Christ never separated belief from baptism. He tied them together as one command. Yet today, many churches teach that baptism is optional or symbolic. They preach that all one must do is believe, as if belief alone could satisfy a God who demands obedience.
Study 25, Baptism, proves that salvation is not complete without water baptism, for baptism is where the covenant is sealed, and the
blood of the Lamb is applied through His Name for the remission of our sins.
“The like figure whereunto even baptism does also now save us.” (1 Peter 3:21)

Born of Water and Spirit
When Nicodemus questioned how to be born again, Christ did not give him a feeling, He gave him a process.
“Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5)
The water represents baptism, where the old man is buried, and sin is remitted. The Spirit represents the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, which gives new life and power. Both are required. Neither can exist without the other.
Baptism without repentance is empty, and repentance without baptism is incomplete. One cleanses, the other seals.
“Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Yehoshua the Messiah for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Acts 2:38)
This is not man’s idea of ceremony. It is the direct command of God.

Faith Without Obedience Is Self-Deception

Faith is not belief alone; it is trust proven through obedience.

True faith produces action that aligns with Heaven’s revelation. To believe yet refuse obedience is to confess without covenant, to claim without proof.

Every covenant in Scripture required obedience to seal belief, Noah built, Abraham left, Moses obeyed, and the disciples followed. Faith always carried evidence.

The same principle governs salvation.

It is not enough to say, “I believe in the Son of God.” Heaven measures faith by alignment.

The Name Yehoshua is not a word to recite but a covenant to enter.

To invoke the Name is to come under its authority, to yield to its commandments, and to walk in its ways.

“Why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46)

The Son never separated faith from obedience.

He taught that love is proven through keeping the Father’s commandments.

Obedience is not legalism; it is loyalty. It reveals who truly belongs to Him.

Faith without obedience is self-deception.

It is the illusion of relationship without submission, the confession of lips without surrender of will.

Such faith believes enough to speak, but not enough to obey.

It honors Christ in word yet denies Him in action.

“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny Him.” (Titus 1:16)

Heaven does not respond to words alone; it responds to covenant alignment.

Belief apart from obedience cannot save because it bears no seal of submission.

Even the demons believe and tremble, yet they do not obey (James 2:19).

Faith without obedience stands outside the covenant, it knows the truth but refuses to walk in it.

When the believer truly understands who Yehoshua is, obedience ceases to feel optional.

Faith becomes more than agreement; it becomes surrender.

Those who love Him obey His commandments, not to earn salvation, but because salvation already owns their hearts.

To say, “I have faith,” while living contrary to truth, is to deceive oneself.

Faith is perfected only when it acts.

The proof of belief is obedience, and the evidence of obedience is transformation.

Faith that refuses obedience will one day hear, “I never knew you,” for knowledge in Heaven is covenantal, it is relationship proven by submission.

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” (James 1:22)

Faith and obedience are one thread woven through salvation.

Faith begins the covenant; obedience sustains it.

Together they manifest the seal of mercy, grace, and truth that Heaven recognizes in Yehoshua’s Name.

Why Immediate Baptism Matters
In Scripture, baptism was never delayed. Every example shows immediate obedience.
“And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his straightway.” (Acts 16:33)
When Philip met the Ethiopian, the man said, “See, here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized?” (Acts 8:36)
Delayed obedience is disobedience. When you delay baptism, you delay the remission of your sins. And if remission is delayed, salvation is not there.
“And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins.” (Acts 22:16)

“For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matthew 26:28)

“Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”(Acts 2:38) “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past.” (Romans 3:25) In short: No remission, no salvation, because salvation requires sins to be remitted through the blood and name of Christ.

AUTHORITY, REMISSION, AND THE RESTORATION OF TRUTH

The Role of the Baptizer
Study 25, Baptism, reveals that not everyone who performs a baptism is authorized by Heaven to do so. The one who baptizes must be sent,
ordained, and covered by the anointing of God, or directly connected through
ordination to one who was.
“As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” (John 20:21)
“Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.” (John 20:23)
These verses reveal that remission of sins is a divine act carried out through human obedience. The baptizer must carry Heaven’s authority, for God alone grants the remission. The power to forgive sins was never given to men, but the authority to remit sins through obedience to the command of baptism was.
Therefore, the one who baptizes without divine ordination performs an act the heavens do not recognize. It may satisfy man, but it does not seal the covenant of God.
“Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.” (Matthew 15:13)
Many modern preachers are appointed by denominations, hired by churches, or
certified through seminaries that have long since replaced the leading of the
Spirit with the approval of men. But ordination by men carries no heavenly
power. They speak of forgiveness, but they cannot remit sin. They perform

baptisms, but they do not invoke the covenant Name. They quote Scripture, but they do not walk in authority.
The power to baptize is not granted by an organization or a certificate on a wall.
It is bestowed through the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon those called by
God and confirmed through the fruit of their ministry.

The Act of Baptism
Baptism is far more than symbolic cleansing; it is spiritual rebirth. It is the moment when the soul is washed clean, sin is remitted, and Heaven acknowledges the covenant between God and the believer.
“The like figure whereunto even baptism does also now save us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God.” (1 Peter 3:21)
The Greek word eperōtēma, translated “answer,” means a request or appeal.
Baptism is the believer’s formal appeal to God for a clean conscience and full
remission.
The early church never postponed baptism. It was performed immediately after
repentance and confession. There were no weekly schedules, no church votes, and no public ceremonies with flowers and speeches. The Apostles did not wait for a convenient day, for they understood that salvation was at stake.
When a person repented and believed, they were baptized without delay.
“And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his straightway.” (Acts 16:33)
“Then they that gladly received his word were baptized, and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.” (Acts 2:41)
The modern church, however, has turned baptism into a ritual. It is treated as a
church membership requirement, a public declaration of faith, or a ceremonial
act of symbolism. This is far from what the Apostles taught.
“And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” (Acts 22:16)
If baptism is delayed, remission is delayed. And while remission is delayed,
salvation is NOT THERE!

Forgiveness and Remission
The church has long confused forgiveness with remission. The difference is eternal.
Forgiveness means acknowledgment and pardon. It may be received daily through repentance.
Remission means complete removal, the erasing of sin from the record of Heaven.
It happens only once, through baptism in the true Name.
“For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins.” (Matthew 26:28)
Forgiveness can come through prayer; remission requires covenant action. Forgiveness cleans the surface; remission purifies the entire record.
The blood of Christ is applied during baptism in His true Name, Yehoshua. That is the moment His sacrifice becomes personal. That is the moment His blood is applied to your soul.
“Be baptized every one of you in the name of Yehoshua the
Messiah for the remission of sins.” (Acts 2:38)
Without the proper water baptism in the true Name, sin remains unforgiven. This is why so many people keep struggling with the same bondages year after year. Their sins were never truly remitted, and the new life in Christ was never
established.
“Whosoever committeth sin is of the devil, for the devil sinneth
from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He
might destroy the works of the devil.” (1 John 3:8)
If sin continues to rule a person’s life, it is because the works of the devil
were not destroyed at baptism; for the baptism was incomplete, or the name
invoked was powerless.

THE DISCONNECT - THE REAL DANGER

There is a growing disconnect between the Father and the Son within modern Christianity.

Many believers claim to follow Christ, yet rarely acknowledge the One who sent Him. They exalt the Son as if He replaced the Father instead of glorifying the Father through the Son. This distortion has reshaped how people see obedience, authority, and salvation itself.

Emotional Worship vs. Obedient Faith

Christ never acted apart from the Father. He said plainly,

“I can of mine own self do nothing… I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.” (John 5:30)

The Loss of Reverence for the Father

But most modern teachings portray the Father as distant, strict, and unapproachable, while painting the Son as friendly, forgiving, and easy to please. That is not truth, it is imbalance. Heaven does not divide what is one in purpose.

This is the core of the disconnect.

We talk about love, yet forget the first commandment:

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” (Matthew 22:37)

We pour songs and prayers toward Christ but rarely lift worship directly to YHWH, who is the source of all mercy and the author of salvation. Even in worship music, the deception continues, lyrics that elevate the Son as the “one true God” slowly dull discernment and reduce reverence for the Father. What sounds holy becomes subtly heretical.

But the real problem is not Satan, not false teachers, and not our families.

The problem is us.

We have allowed the disconnect because we no longer test the spirits, search the Word, or verify what we hear. We have become lazy in study, proud in 

comfort, and blind in desire. We expect truth to be handed to us, yet refuse to labor for it.

God has never stopped reaching. He is always sending, always showing, always warning.

The disconnect exists because we stopped listening.

We chose comfort over conviction, emotion over obedience, and tradition over truth.

And when the Spirit feels distant, it is not Heaven that moved, it is us.

“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” (Philippians 2:12)

Until believers return to honoring the Father through the Son, testing every doctrine, and worshiping in spirit and in truth, the disconnect will remain, not in Heaven, but in the hearts of men. 

THE FINAL WARNING

The same mercy that pulled Lot out by the hand is still reaching today. But like Lot’s wife, many will look back, to their churches, customs, and comfort and perish with the world they could not leave behind.

“For as it was in the days of Lot… Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.” (Luke 17:28–30)

“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” (Philippians 2:12)

“For many are called, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:14)

The Separation of the Few
“For many are called, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:14)
The chosen are those who hear the truth and obey it. They are the ones who are
willing to let go of tradition and embrace revelation. They are not afraid to
question what they were taught, because they seek to please God, not men.
In this final hour, God is gathering those few. He is separating the church that
belongs to Him from the religious systems that belong to the world.
“Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this
seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His.” (2 Timothy 2:19)
If you desire to be among the chosen, then the journey begins with obedience to truth.

Example:
Many are called, just like when a company posts a job opening. Dozens, sometimes hundreds, of people apply. They all want the position, they all believe they qualify, and many of them have experience. But only a few are chosen. Why? Because only a few meet all the requirements that the employer set. Some fail to follow the instructions, others don’t complete the process, and some simply don’t fit the standard the company is looking for.

The Kingdom of God works the same way. The call goes out to all, but only those who obey the requirements of truth are chosen. Many claim faith, but few submit fully. Many hear the Word, but few do it. The chosen are those who meet the conditions of the covenant, repentance, baptism in the true Name, and obedience to His commands.

“For many are called, but few are chosen” is not about favoritism; it’s about qualification. The chosen are those who responded to the call and completed the process Heaven requires.

The Turning Point
This is your moment of decision. You have heard the truth, and now you carry the weight of responsibility before God. He once overlooked the times of ignorance but now commands all people everywhere to repent. Mercy does not erase accountability, and ignorance does not remove guilt. Once truth is revealed, there is no turning back to blindness. From that moment forward, what you choose to do with it determines whether you stand forgiven or condemned.
If you were baptized under a false name, if you were told that believing alone
saves, or if you were taught that baptism is only symbolic, you have been
deceived. You must make it right while there is still time. 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3 (KJV) “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”

For those without water baptism when the Word says Christ will come “as a thief in the night,” it does NOT mean He is a thief. It means His coming will be sudden, unexpected, and unprepared for by most of the world.

A thief comes quietly, when no one expects it, when the lights are off and the house is unguarded. The same way, Christ will return at a time when most people are spiritually asleep, living in comfort and distraction, believing they still have time.

Many people without faith or baptism feel “safe” because they think they’re doing fine in life. They’re healthy, financially stable, and surrounded by good things. They don’t expect to die soon, so they don’t feel the urgency to repent, obey, or seek the truth. They believe that as long as they are “good people,” they’ll be fine. But that false sense of security is exactly what makes His coming like a thief in the night.

They won’t see it coming. One day, death or judgment will arrive without warning, just as a thief breaks in when no one is watching. Their spiritual door will be open, their house unguarded, and the time to prepare will already be gone.

Revelation 16:15 “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”

Luke 12:19–20 “And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee.”

In short, To the faithful and obedient, His return will not be as a thief, because they are awake, watching, and prepared.
But to those who live comfortably without repentance or true baptism, it will come suddenly and without warning.

They trusted in their health, wealth, and tomorrow, but ignored the truth calling them today. And when He comes, it will be too late to prepare; the thief will have already entered, and the door of mercy will have closed.

True salvation demands obedience, and the covenant must be sealed in the true Name, through water and Spirit, as commanded from Heaven.
Do not harden your heart or wait for a more convenient moment. The longer you delay, the heavier your heart becomes, and the further you drift from
conviction. Truth has come to you now, not by chance, but by divine purpose.
“Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” (Hebrews 3:15) 

Are You Truly Saved
The next step is vital to your soul. Study 27, Are You Truly Saved, will walk you through the full plan of salvation, question by question, line upon line. It will reveal exactly what must take place for your salvation to be complete, for your baptism to be valid, and for your sins to be fully remitted before God.

Do not gamble eternity on assumption or tradition.
Contact us today. Let us help you understand, repent, and be baptized correctly
according to the Word of God.
“Strive to enter in at the strait gate, for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.” (Luke 13:24)
Truth has been revealed. The decision is now yours.
Our problem: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6).
God’s solution for this: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15).

Our invitation, The Call to Truth and Obedience
You have just read what most have never been told; the Gospel of Christ in its
fullness, the revelation of His true Name, and the command of baptism that
seals the covenant of salvation.
This is not opinion, tradition, or theory; it is Scripture revealed, proven,
and confirmed through years of revelation, study, prayer, and obedience to the
Holy Spirit.
The question now is not whether you understand, but whether you will
obey.
You are no longer walking in ignorance; you are standing before truth.
“To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” (James 4:17)

God will not hold you accountable for what you never knew, but He will hold you accountable for what you ignore after it has been revealed.
If your baptism was performed under a false name, if you were told that
believing alone saves, or if you were taught that baptism is only symbolic,
then you have been misled. But grace gives you this moment to make it right, to obey fully, to seal the covenant correctly, and to walk in the power of His
true Name, Yehoshua the Messiah.

THE CHURCH’S CALL TO RESTORATION
The Church stands at a crossroads.
For centuries, language, culture, and tradition have clouded the clarity of revelation. Yet God has always preserved a remnant that seeks truth above comfort.
Now, in these last days, the Spirit is calling His people to return to the foundations of faith, to restore what was lost and prepare for the return of the King.
Malachi 3:16–17 (KJV) paints the picture of those who heed this call:
“Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name. And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels.”
Notice the phrase: “that thought upon His name.”
Those who meditate on His Name are written in the book of remembrance.
The act of remembering His Name is an act of covenant loyalty.
The Church is being purified, not punished. God is restoring clarity so that His Bride will call upon Him with one heart, one faith, and one understanding.
Every revival begins with repentance, and repentance begins with truth.
“Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth.” (John 17:17 KJV)
This is why He is restoring the Name Yehoshua, to sanctify His people through revelation.
Truth separates imitation from authenticity.
A purified Church will not only speak His Name correctly but live in the power that Name represents.

The Witness of Scripture
Scripture testifies that the Name of the Lord carries power, protection, and authority.
From the first covenant to the final revelation, the Name identifies God’s nature and purpose.
“Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.” (Deuteronomy 32:3 KJV)
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” (Proverbs 18:10 KJV)
“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21 KJV)
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” (John 14:13 KJV)
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12 KJV)
These verses form an unbroken chain of revelation.
From Moses to the apostles, God revealed Himself through His Name.
The same covenant identity that rescued Israel is embodied in the Messiah, Yehoshua.
His name unites both covenants, the promise and the fulfillment, into one declaration: YHWH saves.

Faith and Reverence
Faith and reverence are inseparable.
Faith without reverence becomes careless; reverence without faith becomes superstition.
True faith responds to revelation with obedience, not argument.
When believers understand that Yehoshua is not simply a name but a covenant revelation of God’s character, they begin to approach that Name with renewed awe.
To speak His Name should carry weight.
Every prayer, every act of worship, every baptism should be conscious of what that Name declares YHWH is salvation.
“Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.” (Psalm 33:8 KJV)
The early disciples carried that fear and reverence wherever they went. They knew that when they invoked the Name of the Messiah, they were not reciting syllables, they were representing the living God Himself.
Faith in the true Name produces obedience; reverence protects purity.
When the Church returns to both, the world will again see apostolic power.

FINAL EXHORTATION
The Name Yehoshua is not a new discovery; it is the ancient truth returning to the surface.
This study is not about language pride but about covenant honor.
The Name reveals who He is, YHWH our salvation, the Lamb of God, the risen Redeemer.
“Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.” (Matthew 21:9 KJV)
Let every believer who receives this revelation walk humbly, speak truthfully, and live boldly in that Name.
For there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one Name under Heaven by which we are saved.
Yehoshua, the Messiah, the only begotten Son of God.

THE COVENANT RESTORED
From the beginning, God sealed every covenant with a sign, a name, or an act of obedience. Noah built the ark, Abraham was circumcised, Israel received the Sabbath, and the Messiah’s followers were commanded to be baptized in His name.
Each covenant revealed an act that identified God’s people and confirmed His promises.
The covenant of salvation follows the same pattern. It is sealed in the Name of the Son, the One who came in the Father’s authority.
To understand that name is to understand the covenant itself, for His name declares what He came to do: “YHWH is salvation.”
In the days of the prophets, Israel repeatedly forgot the meaning of God’s name and turned to lifeless idols.
Through Jeremiah, the Lord said:
“Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.” (Jeremiah 2:32 KJV)

Today the same forgetting has occurred.
The world confesses a name, but often without knowing what it means.
Religious tradition replaced revelation, but the Spirit of Truth is now restoring what was lost.
He is calling His people back to the foundation of the covenant: the Name given by Heaven itself.
The prophet Zephaniah foresaw this restoration:
“For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent.” (Zephaniah 3:9 KJV)
This is not about pronunciation for pride, but about purity of understanding.
God is cleansing the language of His people so they can call upon Him in unity and truth.
To restore the meaning of Yehoshua is to restore the covenant declaration that salvation belongs to YHWH alone.

A Proven Ministry of Revelation and Truth
We are not another church repeating what others preach.
We are a ministry founded on revelation, not religion, built upon Scripture,
not denomination.
Every study we share has come through years of revelation, study, prayer, and
submission to the Holy Spirit.
Nothing is based on man’s opinion or theory. Everything is proven with the Word of God alone.

“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste”. (Isaiah 28:16)

I am an ordained preacher and witness of our Lord and Saviour יהושוע (The only begotten Son of God) sent to assist you in fulfilling God’s promise of Gal 3:22, Eph 1:13-14 and 1 John 2:28.

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which is preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Christ on the cross by and through the Holy Ghost.

Following is a glimpse of the work that stands as evidence of the calling behind this ministry. Each study exposes lies, corrects doctrine, and brings the reader
into covenant truth.

Why This Matters

You are not here by accident.
If you have reached this point, God Himself has drawn you to truth.
He is separating His people from deception and restoring the true covenant
through the revelation of His Name, His doctrine, and His order.
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32)
The world’s churches offer religion without power, emotion without obedience, and faith without remission.

Zion’s Roar Holy Spirit Ministry stands apart because we return to the Word exactly as it was written, without compromise, distortion, or man-made traditions.
We do not debate; we demonstrate.
We do not imitate; we restore.
And every study proves that the Word of God is living, sharp, and absolute when followed in truth.

Your Next Step
This is your moment of decision.
Do not delay or wait for convenience. Eternity depends on obedience.
If your baptism was incomplete or performed under a false name, if your heart
knows something is missing, or if you desire to stand before God with full
assurance of salvation, contact us.
We will walk you through Scripture step by step until every question is
answered and your soul is secured in truth.
“And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, callingon the Name of the Lord.” (Acts 22:16)
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Truth has found you, now let it transform you.

The Purpose of Restoration
The restoration of the Name is not to divide the Church, but to cleanse it.
God is not raising new sects; He is purifying His Bride.
He is restoring the meaning of His Son’s Name so that worship can return to Spirit and truth.
“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.” (John 4:23 KJV)
Truth does not change salvation, it deepens it.
Those who know His Name will know His character more fully, walk in greater reverence, and live under greater authority.
To know His true Name is to understand His heart.
Every miracle, every act of mercy, every commandment, every promise, flows from that truth.
The Name Yehoshua is the seal of Heaven’s covenant, the bridge between Creator and creation, the declaration that YHWH Himself has come to redeem His people.

Here is a short list of most of the studies we provide.

Opening – Salvation for New and Non-Believers
Introduces God’s plan of salvation for those new to the faith, exposing false doctrines and guiding readers through belief, repentance, confession, baptism, and obedience. Calls every soul to reconciliation with God and invites them to step into the truth of His Word

Study 1 – Do You Even Care?
A direct call to self-examination, urging readers to care about truth, their soul, and obedience to God. Warns against false teachings, empty traditions, and the misuse of the title “Christian,” showing that true discipleship is proven by repentance, obedience, and a transformed life

Study 2 – The Fall, The Curse, and The Answer
Reveals how sin entered the world through Adam and Eve, bringing death and separation from God. Explains how Christ became the answer to the curse, restoring fellowship through His sacrifice and calling all to step from darkness into the light of salvation

Study 3 – The Saviour (The Son of God)
Traces the promise of a Redeemer from Genesis to Christ’s resurrection. Declares Him as the sinless Son of God who broke the power of death, offering forgiveness and eternal life to all who believe, repent, are baptized, and obey His Word

Study 4 – Grace and Mercy
Explains the difference and unity between grace and mercy—grace giving what we don’t deserve, mercy withholding what we do. Shows that both meet at the cross through Christ, calling every believer to repentance, gratitude, and obedience to receive salvation

Study 5 – What the Holy Spirit Will Do for Us
Reveals the active work of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life—drawing hearts to Christ, teaching truth, convicting sin, dwelling within, and empowering through gifts and fruit. Shows that the Spirit is not passive but living and working in us to guide, comfort, and transform

Study 6 – 22 Things Any Christian Should Know
Exposes distortions found in modern Bible versions and urges believers to hold firmly to scriptural truth. Clarifies key doctrines such as salvation, repentance, remission of sins, baptism, prayer, fasting, the Trinity, and Christ’s divinity, warning against teachings that weaken or alter God’s Word

Study 7 – If You Die Today
Challenges false salvation doctrines by comparing them with the Apostles’ teaching. Emphasizes that true salvation requires conversion, repentance, baptism for remission of sins, obedience, and good works—not belief alone. Urges every believer to examine their faith and obey the full plan of God for salvation

Study 8 – How to Call Upon the Lord
Explains what it truly means to be born again through water and Spirit. Outlines every biblical step required for salvation—belief, repentance, confession, baptism, remission of sins, and obedience. Affirms that salvation is a gift of grace received through faith and surrender to Christ’s Word

Study 9 – Believers vs. Disciples
Contrasts those who merely believe with those who live as true disciples of Christ. Highlights that belief without obedience and transformation is empty, while discipleship demands surrender, daily faithfulness, and walking in the commands of God

Salvation 101 – Corrected Doctrine

Study 10 – The Love Letter
God’s message to His Church calling believers to awaken from deception and return to the true Gospel. Separates truth from error by testing every doctrine against Scripture and revealing the full plan of salvation through repentance, baptism, and obedience.

Study 11 – Questions and Instructions
A foundational self-evaluation that helps believers measure their understanding of salvation against Scripture. Through guided questions, it reveals gaps in doctrine and exposes false teachings concerning repentance, baptism, and obedience.

Study 12a – The Disconnect (Part 1): How We Feel and What We Think We Know
Reveals how emotions, personal bias, and misunderstanding of God’s nature create a separation between truth and perception, calling believers to align belief with Scripture rather than feelings.

Study 12b – The Disconnect (Part 2): Between God the Father and God the Son
Exposes modern confusion about the relationship between the Father and the Son, restoring understanding of their divine unity, order, and purpose through Scripture.

Study 14 – Introduction and The Story
Opens Salvation 101 with a challenge to verify salvation by Scripture, not tradition. “The Story” illustrates how modern churches mislead through incomplete gospels, proving that true salvation requires baptism in the true Name and obedience to the original Apostolic teaching.

Study 15 – Map Your Way to Salvation (Parts 1 & 2)
Guides believers through the complete biblical plan of salvation using Scripture as a step-by-step map. Connects repentance, faith, baptism, and the Holy Spirit in divine sequence, proving salvation is achieved through obedience, not mere belief.

Study 16 – Our Feelings and Questioning Our Salvation
Exposes how emotions and doubt distort faith, urging believers to trust Scripture over feelings. Teaches that true assurance comes through obedience, repentance, and faith grounded in the Word, not emotion.

Study 17 – Believing
Reveals that belief without obedience cannot save. Shows that true faith produces repentance, baptism, and endurance, proving that believing is the beginning, not the completion, of salvation.

Study 18 – The Gospel of Christ and His Name
Exposes the deception of false names and reveals the true, God-given Name of the Son Yehoshua. Proves that remission of sins and baptism are valid only in His true Name, restoring the power and authority of the Gospel.

Study 19 – Repentance
Defines repentance as a complete turning from sin to obedience. Shows that it is more than emotion or apology, it is total surrender to God’s will, proven by works and followed by baptism and transformation.

Study 20 – Faith
Teaches that faith is obedience in action, not belief alone. Reveals that faith without works is dead and that salvation is received at the end of faith, perfected through obedience and endurance.

Study 21 – Grace and Mercy
Explains that grace gives what we don’t deserve, and mercy withholds what we do deserve. Shows that grace follows faith and obedience, empowering believers to live holy rather than continue in sin.

Study 22 – Confessing Christ
Reveals that confession is more than words; it is obedience expressed through baptism and acknowledgment of Christ before men. Exposes false “confessions of faith” and restores biblical confession through action.

Study 23 – Having a Good Conscience
Shows that baptism is the key to a pure conscience before God, cleansing the heart from dead works. Warns that ignoring obedience sears the conscience and leads to a shipwrecked faith.

Study 24 – Remission of Sins
Explains that forgiveness excuses sin, but remission removes it entirely. Proves that remission comes only through repentance and water baptism in the true Name, restoring fellowship with God.

Study 25 – Water Baptism
Proves baptism is essential, not symbolic. It is where remission of sins and the indwelling Spirit occur, uniting believers with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection through obedience.

Study 26 – The Holy Ghost
Teaches that the Holy Ghost is received after repentance and baptism, not automatically at belief. Shows that the Spirit seals salvation, empowers holiness, and confirms God’s covenant within the believer.

Study 26r – Refuting Contradictions on Baptism and Salvation
Refutes false claims that baptism is unnecessary or symbolic, answering every contradiction with Scripture. Proves that water baptism and Spirit baptism together complete the new birth commanded in Acts 2:38.

Study 29 & 30 – Map Your Way to Salvation / Completed Map
Visually connects every step of the plan of salvation, repentance, faith, baptism, confession, and the Holy Spirit. Proves through Scripture that salvation is a process of obedience, not belief alone.

Study 31 – Conversion
Defines true conversion as total transformation, turning fully from sin to obedience. Using Peter’s example, shows that conversion is proven by change, obedience, and the indwelling Spirit, not by emotion or title.

Study 32 – Enduring to the End
Teaches that salvation requires perseverance through hardship, temptation, and correction. Uses Christ, Paul, and Peter as examples of faith that finishes strong, proving that salvation is completed only by enduring in obedience until the end.

Study 33 – Spirit, Soul, and Body
Explains the divine design of man as spirit, soul, and body. Shows how the spirit connects to God, the soul chooses obedience, and the flesh resists both. Reveals that only through spiritual rebirth and walking in the Spirit can believers overcome the flesh and live in holiness.

Study 34 – Good Works, The Works of God, and Torah vs Talmud
Reveals that true faith is proven by obedience and good works, not belief alone. Teaches that the works of God; teaching truth, serving others, and walking in holiness, are the evidence of salvation. Exposes the difference between God’s Torah, which leads to Christ, and man-made Talmudic traditions that replaced truth with religion. Calls believers to live out the works of the Father as proof of genuine faith.

Study 35 – Love and Obedience (Part 1)
Covers what has been learned through all previous studies, proving that true love for God is revealed through obedience to His commandments. Emphasizes that love is not emotion but action, and that those who truly love YHWH will live according to His Word, fulfilling the first and greatest commandment.

Study 36 – The Apostles’ Doctrine
Teaches that the original doctrine given by Christ to His apostles remains the only true plan of salvation. Shows that the Apostles preached repentance, baptism in the true Name, and the receiving of the Holy Spirit and that no Scripture ever changed this command. Warns against modern doctrines that replace obedience with “faith alone.”

Study 37 – Truth or Deceit (Part 1)
Covers what has been revealed in all previous studies, contrasting the true gospel of Christ with the false salvation preached by modern religion. Warns that many who claim to know God will be rejected for living in disobedience, proving that genuine faith produces holiness and obedience to the truth.

Study 38 – Statement of Faith (Part 1)
Summarizes everything learned from the prior studies into a unified declaration of belief. Establishes the foundation of Zion’s Roar Holy Spirit Ministry, affirming that salvation is achieved only through repentance, baptism in the true Name, remission of sins, receiving the Holy Spirit, and obedience to the Apostles’ doctrine.

Study 39 – Identity in Christ and Spiritual Amnesia
Explains that true identity begins when the old self dies and a new life is formed in Christ. Warns that spiritual amnesia causes believers to forget who they are in God, leading to compromise and disobedience. Teaches that transformation comes through daily renewal, obedience, and unity with the Father and Son.

Discipleship 101 – Answering the Call

Study 40 – Correcting and Calling Out False Teachings
Shows that love includes correction and that silence toward deception is disobedience to God. Teaches that believers must expose and rebuke false teachings rather than tolerate them, because uncorrected error destroys the Church while truth and accountability preserve unity in Christ.

Study 41L – Called to Be Set Apart (The Chosen)
A letter calling believers to understand the cost and purpose of being chosen by God. Teaches that separation is preparation, and isolation, testing, and surrender are signs of divine calling that purify and strengthen those truly set apart for His purpose.

Study 42 – The Sabbath
Explains the holiness and permanence of the Sabbath as a covenant sign between God and His people. Proves it was sanctified at creation and commanded for all generations as a blessing and test of obedience, exposing how man changed the day and revealing how to keep it according to God’s calendar.

Study 42R – Refuting Contradictions to the Sabbath Day
Refutes false claims that the Sabbath falls on Saturday or Sunday, proving that God’s true Sabbath follows the lunar calendar. Shows the connection between the lunar cycle, creation, and Christ’s fulfillment, calling believers back to the true Sabbath established by YHWH.

Study 43 – Dietary Laws: Unclean Foods
Teaches the difference between clean and unclean foods and shows that God’s dietary laws remain in effect for His holy people. Explains that obedience in eating reflects holiness and separation, exposing misused verses that twist Peter’s vision and Paul’s writings.

Study 44 – Death, Burial, and Resurrection
Reveals the true biblical timeline of Christ’s death and resurrection, correcting the false “Good Friday–Easter Sunday” tradition. Shows how His three days and nights in the tomb fulfill prophecy and connect to the believer’s baptism and new life.

Study 45 – The Lord’s Supper (Communion)
Explains the true meaning and timing of the Lord’s Supper as instituted during Passover. Shows it is a memorial of Christ’s body and blood tied to obedience and purity, not ritual or tradition, and exposes the corruption of communion in false religion.

Study 46 – Holy Days
Teaches the appointed feast days of YHWH and their prophetic meanings. Explains how the lunar calendar reveals God’s plan of redemption through Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits, calling believers to return to God’s appointed times.

Study 47 – Statement of Faith (Part 2)
Builds upon Part 1, reaffirming obedience to God’s commands as the evidence of true faith. Establishes that the Sabbath, dietary laws, and apostolic doctrine remain binding, rejecting denominational and government-altered doctrines.

Study 48 – Discipleship – Commitment
Defines discipleship as full surrender to God through study, obedience, and action. Calls believers to reflect Christ daily through holiness, love, and faith that produces fruit.

Study 49 – When Grace Becomes an Excuse – and Sin Takes the Throne
Teaches that sin rules anyone who obeys it, and delayed obedience only strengthens its power. Shows that grace is not permission but power to deny sin, and that true freedom comes only through repentance, baptism in Christ’s Name, and the Holy Spirit. Only crucifying the old nature and walking in the Spirit brings victory.

Study 50 – Involvement, Service, Giving and Tithing
Shows that active participation in the work of God is required, not optional. Teaches that giving time, service, and resources are expressions of faith and worship that sustain the body of Christ.

Study 50L – How Much Is God Worth? (Letter)
A personal letter challenging believers to examine the value they place on God. Warns against divided loyalty between faith and the world, urging complete devotion and surrender as the only acceptable response to His worth.

Study 51 – Sanctification
Defines sanctification as the ongoing process of being made holy through obedience and the Word. Shows that sanctification requires cooperation with the Holy Spirit, separation from sin, and continual transformation into the image of Christ.

Study 52 – Justification
Explains that justification is God declaring the obedient believer righteous through faith and action. Shows that justification begins transformation and always produces sanctification and good works.

Study 53 – Righteousness and Holiness (Part 1)
Teaches that righteousness comes through obedience and holiness through consistent righteousness. Exposes false claims of instant righteousness, showing it must be lived and maintained through continual obedience.

Study 54 – Joy
Defines joy as spiritual gladness that flows from obedience and the Holy Spirit, not circumstances. Teaches that joy strengthens faith and grows through trials and steadfast trust in God.

Study 55 – Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Lists the nine fruits of the Spirit as proof of a transformed life. Teaches that these qualities; love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance distinguish true disciples from the world.

Study 56 – Peace and Longsuffering
Explains that true peace and patience come only from God through faith and obedience. Shows that enduring hardship with peace reveals spiritual maturity and trust in the Holy Spirit.

Study 57 – Gentleness and Goodness
Defines gentleness as controlled strength guided by humility and goodness as moral purity expressed through kindness. Both reflect Christ’s character in action and attitude.

Study 58 – Meekness and Temperance
Teaches that meekness is humble strength and temperance is self-control through the Spirit. Both are marks of a mature believer who lives in submission to God’s will.

Study 59 – Prayer
Shows that prayer is the believer’s lifeline to God, a source of power, guidance, and cleansing. Teaches that effective prayer requires humility, obedience, and faith.

Study 60 – Solitude, Meditation, and Contemplation
Reveals solitude as the space where believers hear God’s voice and are renewed in His presence. Teaches that meditation fills the heart with His Word and contemplation deepens love and transformation.

Study 61L – In the Details Is Where God’s Glory and Satan’s Deception Meet (Letter)
Warns that both God and Satan work through details; God to reveal truth, Satan to twist it. Teaches believers to guard against small compromises, test every doctrine, and live by every Word of God.

Study 65 – Simplicity
Teaches that simplicity is single-minded devotion to God, free from greed, vanity, and divided motives. Shows that true simplicity begins inwardly through purity of heart and is revealed outwardly in humility, honesty, and freedom from the tyranny of possessions.

Study 66 – Fasting
Explains that fasting is more than abstaining from food; it is a voluntary sacrifice of the flesh to strengthen obedience and spiritual clarity. Reveals that the acceptable fast breaks bondage, humbles the heart, and draws believers into alignment with God’s will.

Study 67 – Submission
Defines submission as the willing surrender of one’s will to God and to His established authority. Teaches that humility and obedience produce peace, order, and growth, and that godly submission in family and leadership reflects Christ’s own obedience to the Father.

Study 68 – Worship
Shows that worship is the believer’s ultimate expression of love and reverence toward God. Emphasizes that true worship must be in spirit and truth; focused on giving, not getting, and that through praise, obedience, and humility, believers enter God’s presence and are transformed.

Study 70 – Called to Be Set Apart: The Chosen
Reveals the difference between being called and being chosen, showing that the call is an invitation but being chosen is the result of obedience, endurance, and transformation. Teaches that true disciples are refined through trials, separated from the world, and marked by faith that produces works, love that endures correction, and remembrance that keeps them steadfast in truth.

Discipleship 102 – Death and Lies Incorporated

Study 71 – Legalism and the Gray Area Church
Exposes the danger of modern churches that live in compromise, mixing grace with lawlessness. Warns that legalism binds believers to man-made rules, while gray-area Christianity removes accountability. Teaches that truth is not balanced between extremes but found in full obedience to God’s Word.

Study 72 – Is Hell Eternal?
Confronts false teachings about eternal torment and clarifies that hell is a temporary place of punishment before the final judgment. Reveals from Scripture that death and hell will be cast into the lake of fire, proving that God’s justice is final and His mercy gives no second chance after death.

Study 73 – A Third Resurrection: A Second Chance for Salvation?
Continues from Study 72, examining claims of a second chance after death. Teaches that there is only one resurrection for life and one for damnation, and that judgment follows death. Refutes the doctrine of post-death salvation, emphasizing that repentance and obedience must occur in this life.

Study 74 – A New Heaven and a New Earth
Explains the prophetic promise of God’s ultimate renewal of creation after judgment. Teaches that sin, sorrow, and death will be removed, and that the faithful will dwell with God forever in righteousness. Encourages believers to live now as citizens of that coming kingdom.

Study 75 – Bible Truth or Religious Poison
Exposes the corruption and mistranslations found in modern Bible versions. Compares Scripture across translations to reveal deliberate omissions and distortions that weaken faith and doctrine. Calls believers to return to the pure Word of God that preserves the power, authority, and divinity of Christ.

Study 88 – The Disconnect Between Father and Son
Reveals how modern Christianity has unintentionally separated the relationship between God the Father and Christ the Son. Explains that misunderstanding the unity of the Trinity and neglecting the Father’s authority has led to false worship and imbalance. Calls believers to return to full obedience, recognizing the Father’s preeminence and the Son’s submission to His will.

Study 89 – Pleading the Blood of Jesus
Refutes the modern teaching of “pleading the blood” as unbiblical and rooted in emotional mysticism rather than Scripture. Teaches that victory over sin and Satan comes through obedience, submission, and faith in Yehoshua’s intercession, not through repeated phrases or rituals.

Study 90 – The Rapture
Examines the popular doctrine of the rapture, separating biblical truth from tradition. Explains that many teachings about a secret or pre-tribulation rapture contradict Scripture, which shows one final resurrection and gathering of the saints at Christ’s visible return.

Study 91 – Wine or Grape Juice
Clarifies the confusion surrounding “wine” in Scripture, showing that “new wine” refers to pure grape juice, while “old wine” signifies fermented, decayed drink. Teaches that God’s people are called to purity and self-control, not indulgence, and that the joy of the Spirit replaces the counterfeit pleasure of alcohol.

Study 94 – The Reality of Sin
Confronts the deception that minimizes sin in the believer’s life. Explains that sin separates humanity from God and cannot coexist with holiness. Teaches that repentance, discipline, and walking in the Spirit are the only paths to restoration and victory over the flesh.

Study 135 – Burning Forever in Hellfire
Exposes the false doctrine that souls burn eternally in hell. Corrects misunderstandings about Lazarus and the rich man, showing that Scripture teaches hell as a temporary place of punishment before final judgment. Emphasizes that no one is yet in heaven, that the righteous sleep in Christ until the resurrection, and that God’s justice ends in destruction of sin, not endless torment.