Hi Vance,
 

My response: With the understanding that when these original sayings and occurrences took place the name "Jesus" was not known but the name Yahshua (Joshua) was, there seems to be a problem.   Why replace His Name when it is available?  Why go to a completely different name, even to inventing a name that never existed until about 400 years ago.  Can you explain why we should use the name JESUS?

 

My Response:  When considering  1 John 2:22  Who is a liar but he that denies that  YaHshua is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son" ,(also 2 John 7; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4;3; Acts 4:12). There does seem to be an issue of identity in identifying the "antichrist and antichrists".   Certainly no one would argue the name delivered to Mary, and to Joseph, by angelic messenger, Gabriel, was NOT the name "Jesus", that name never existed then -- in fact that name never existed until around 400 years ago.  See how the meaning to this verse changes when His Birth Name is restored?

My Response: A name that never existed until sometime into the 17th century? It does seem strange that the European expression of this name "Jesus" sounds more like they are calling on Zeus?  And you stating that JESUS is precisely the same as YaHshua?  That is nuts, wouldn’t you agree?

My Response: That aside, does it seem unreasonable to think that our Jewish Messiah had been given a Jewish name from His Heavenly Father by angelic messenger, and that that name would actually be an expression of the Father Himself? [Yes] Certainly the name "Jesus" is not that name.

 

My Response: Truly, it may not be a "salvational issue" but I'm thinking it is an important issue. (My note: I have change my position – His Name is all important on who we confess and profess to be our Savior – only One Name – Acts 4:12)

 

MY Response:   Consider for a moment, Revelation 3:5, where it is mentioned that the overcomer's name will not be blotted out of the Book of Life – get that, those who overcome the world, their Name’s will not be Blotted out of the Book of Life?  I think we can agree that we want our names to be in that Book and we hope our name is not mis-spelled, or replaced, or worse, or changed, which would amount to being blotted out -- but this seems to be the case concerning how our Savior’s Name, our Messiah's name is handled or replaced -- being replaced by the Christian Community for a different name from that which He was originally name

 

MY Response: An additional comment about Pastor Vance’s last statement – What does the Russian leadership, Putin, call President the President of the United States?  Obama?  Trump?  Biden?  What does our President call the Russian leader?  They all called him by his name, Putin.  And what name does the people of Russia people say when they mention their leader? They call him, Putin?  They call him, Putin, not Bobby, or Von Zager or some other made up name, no, they call him, President Putin.  Pastor Vance, your reasoning is flawed, seriously, flawed and deceptive.  A name may have a dialect or accent but they are always very similar if not exactly the same and you know it.  But, in the case of our Savior?  His Name was replaced, completely replaced, and with a name that one third, or more, of the world’s population pronounce as The Zeus – Heyzeus – coincidence, or on purpose?

  

Me continuing: I am very cautious about the Sacred Names groups, so called, seeing they disregard the warning Yahshua gave in Matthew 24:4-5, and 7:22-23, refusing to apply this as a cautionary warning to themselves.  Notice, in this warning, from YaHshua, that it is those who are claiming to do great things in His Name -- look at me, see what I did, in your name, of course.  And from the mouth of our Savior, "Get away from Me ... ".  When we read in Revelation of those that are to be spared the "hour of trouble" we see their redeeming quality is they have not denied His name.  In fact, the message to the Philadelphia Church has a great deal to say about names, as does the whole of scripture.  

My Response:  Who Imagined the name JESUS?  Where did that name come from if not from someone' s imagination?  That name never existed until these modern times and before that?  IESVS and InSOUS and before that HeyZeus.  Who is it that is demonstrating the IMAGINATION?  When it comes to Biblical authority Pastors, Preachers, Ministers, Priests, Scribes and Bible Lawyers are all too quick to quote each other and Imagine whatever suits or fits whatever theory ot thought they have.  But, even in this, there is ample support for His Name as YaHshua, YaHoshuah Or YaHushua and other variations that are very similar and say the same thing.  The known pronunciation of His Name is still very similar to that of the Old English, accepted, without questions, JOSHUA.  Knowing, then, that the J letter has changed in its phonetic value, over the last couple of centuries, it is easy to restore it to the more appropriate, original sound, that of the Hebrew Yod or Y -- used as it would be used when saying the letter, Yod.  Now, pronounce Yoshua -- very similar to YaHshua.  The missing H is the final fix and understanding that the O is not in His Name, but was added.  This then, would be -- Y'shua, just as many Hebrews spell it today.  So, what if you restore the missing H?  YHshua, and how would you pronounce that?  It certainly would not be JESUS.  That name would be more like, Yesus, or the zeus or heyzeus or, if restored to the Latin, Isvs, a sound that is very close to ISIS or ISvS -- but nothing close to His Hebrew or Jewish Name.